"The slaves brought to New Spain were forced to work not only in agricultural settings as is commonly believed but also in many other spheres of colonial economic and social life. There were few activities in which blacks did not take part. But, in protest, black men and women continually resisted the unjust slave system by escaping from it, by attempting to take power, and by violent, armed insurrections that were severely punished as serious crimes in accordance with Catholic law. There were constant slave protests beginning with the colonial period in 1521 and ending when slavery was abolished by decree in 1810, although it only took effect in 1830 once the Mexican Republic was already established."
The African Presence in Mexico, pg. 26
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