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B.I.G Mule: The Teacher, Artist and Musician Behind “Chikasalanga”

North America's first black president


𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟓 - 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨'𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲


On September 15, 1829, North America’s first Black President, Vicente Guerrero, Mexico’s second president ended slavery in Mexico over a quarter of a century before the United States ended slavery. 

 President Guerrero was elected president of Mexico 179 years before it’s northern neighbor elected Barack Obama as the first Black president of the United States.  

 

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