
Morelos was a child of mixed ethnic heritage in a society in which fine-line categorical distinctions were drawn on the basis of the composition of one’s ethnic background.
José María Morelos, in full José María Morelos y Pavón, (born September 30, 1765, Valladolid, Mexico-died December 22, 1815, San Cristóbal), revolutionary priest who assumed leadership of the Mexican independence movement after Miguel Hidalgo’s 1810 rebellion and subsequent execution.
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