Years of oppression are over and finally I am a free man. For the first time in all these years in this country I feel optimistic about my future. I was forcibly taken away from my homeland at a very young age and brought to this country.
I have worked day and night on the fields of this country. Never was my work regarded or never was I treated with respect. Now I believe I will be treated with respect like every other American.
Now this is my home too. I believe I too am part of this land, the land where I have toiled for years. Now that slavery is abolished and we are granted citizenship I know that I as well as my future generations can live on this land as free people with dignity.
The Mexican government contracted empressarios or land agents after the Mexican Independence in 1821. These empressarios were needed to help with the settlement of Texas.
Answer: A(n) <u><em>empressario</em></u> was a land agent granted the right to recruit and assist new settlers in colonizing land held by Mexico.
