Mascogos

Mascogos
Total population
Throughout Coahuila (2020)
Regions with significant populations
Múzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
Languages
Mexican Spanish, Afro-Seminole Creole
Religion
predominantly Catholic
Related ethnic groups
Creek Freedmen, Black Seminoles, Gullah

The Mascogos (also known as negros mascagos) are an Afro-descendant group in Coahuila, Mexico. Centered on the town of El Nacimiento in Múzquiz Municipality, the group are descendants of Black Seminoles escaping the threat of slavery in the United States.

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