In today's video, we explore the history of Asian slavery in colonial Mexico (New Spain) under the Spanish empire and the most famous Asian Mexican Catarina de San Juan, or more famously, La China Poblana. Please enjoy the video!!

For more information on Catarina de San Juan and the image of La China Poblana see:

Kate Risse, "Catarina de San Juan and the China Poblana: From Spiritual Humility to Civil Obedience," (2002) (English)

Gutierre Tibon, "Los dos chinas: Catarina de San Juan y la attractiva mestiza," (2003) (Spanish)

Pedro Angel Palou, "La Puebla de Mirrah-Catarina," (2003) (Spanish)

For more information on Asian slavery in colonial Mexico see:

Deborah Oropeza Keresey, "La Esclavitud Asiatica en el Virreinato de la Nueva Espana, 1565-1673," (2011) (Spanish)

Tatiana Seijas, Asian Slaves in Colonial Mexico, (2014) (English)