Ben Vinson III. Benefits of free-colored Militia in Colonial Mexico Bearing Arms for His Majesty: The Free-Colored Militia in Colonial Mexico.
Ben Vinson expresses how New Mexico was known to be white man’s’ land also known as Spanish Land. In the contrary, different races erupted in New Mexico as a result of her occupants. He highlights examples of the races that came to existence in the Spanish land. These races include Pardos, Mulatos and Morenos as well as the whites. In his analysis, Ben comes up with a conclusion that the different races led to discrimination. Ben outlines how the Spanish were forced by circumstances to accept race differences irrespective of their attitude towards the black. Many people elaborate how racial Mexico evolved and the potential effects of the despised race. Ben Vinson III wanted to understand racial differences in the people. He suggested a single mainframe to carry out his study. The suggestion was a …show more content…
He highlights the benefits of having a free-colored militia that resulted into recruiting fewer whites to join military institutions. In Jackie’s comparison, white military were absolutely expensive. Spanish authority had no time and money to recruit the whites. Thus, the factor of money and time paved way for the recruiting free-colored soldiers. Spanish aftermath changed their attitude on racial discrimination. They started seeing free-colored man as more resourceful. Jackie’s’ analysis revealed that black soldiers were not prone to yellow fever in the coastal regions unlike the whites. In as much as the whites “needed the blacks, they did not want them (p. 261)”. The Spanish were left with no option. Instead they had to absorb the black as their militia to ensure that they reduced the time taken for colonization. Jackie Booker book shows how racial discrimination reduced after forming the free-colored