Two Slaves
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Juan de Morga and Gertrudis de Escobar By Jacob Cummins
Transcript of Two Slaves
Juan de Morgaand
Gertrudis de Escobar
By Jacob Cummins
Two Slaves
Juan and Gertrudis were young Mulatto slaves who lived in Central Mexico. Which was the heartland of New Spain in the 17th century.
A New Order
Juan and Gertrudis were intelligent individuals who were badly exploited by a colonial society.They helped destroy the restrictive colonial social order that began under the leadership of Hidalgo.
