This was especially true of the Spanish settlements.

They had more persons of this class than any other colonies in America.

The Latins, in contradistinction to the English, generally liberated their mulatto offspring and sometimes recognized them as their equals.

Such Negroes constituted a class of persons who, although they could not aspire to the best in the colony, had a decided advantage over other inhabitants of color.

They often lived in luxury, and, of course, had a few social privileges.