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Black militia of the Spanish colonial armySpanish black militia, original image
Free black militia of the Spanish colonial Army, circa 1770-1776. Pictured, left to right: a Mexican officer and a soldier from Cuba. From Hefter in Artes de México (102: 1968).

The original image (right) included the shoulder patch.