La población negra de origen africano en la ciudad de San Diego del Biscocho, 1669-1679
The presence of an African population in the northern part of the State of Guanajuato has been little studied by historians and other social scientists. In this thesis I will analyze the role that the population of African origin played in San Diego del Biscocho (now, the Municipality of San Diego de la Union) during the years between 1669 -1769, a time period in which the slaves of African origin and their descendants participated in the local economic development, carrying out activities in the domestic service in farms and haciendas. The most important source, of information regarding the presence of Africans in urban and rural populations of New Spain is the archival record parish, is in the office of the people of Mexico today that allow note that mestizaje became an aspect that marked colonial life. Consulting de parish archive of the municipality under study confirm that the presence of blacks in the villages of Mexico. Consulting the books of christening records shows that the blacks who received the sacrament, were second in relation to the Indian and Spanish. The information from documents, found in the AGN (General National Archive of Mexico) and the AHCM (Casa Morelos Historical Archive), accounts for aspects of everyday life of the residents of this state that deal with forms of acceptance or rebellion against pre-established forms of order. Reviewing the records of offenses against public, morals or faith witchcraft, sexual, and bigamy) healing allows us to observe the routines of life of records, one can settlers who occupied the bottom rung of colonial society. Thanks to this the mixture of cultural elements of the three roots are apparent: the Native, the Spanish and the Black.