What role did Afro-Mexicans play in the Mexican War of Independence?
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Slavery began in Latin America in the 1400s when the first European settlers arrived.
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In Latin America, many of the slaves were natives. However, war and disease caused native populations to decline so severely that European colonists in Latin America were forced to import African slaves.