Even though slavery was abolished in Guatemala in 1823, many people found no needs for slaves for several centuries before that. Guatemala, which was not very dependent on slavery, only imported 10,000 Africans between 1524 and 1620. The amount of slaves that were imported after 1620 was very small In addition, by the 17th century, some slaves were able to buy there own freedom. However, not many had this option due to the fact that slaves have no source of income. that much opposition to abolishing slavery due to the face that it was abolished while Guatemala was part of the United Providence of Central America.
In addition genetically mixing white people with Africans of the indigenous population was more accepted with most of the African population as Mulattoes or Zambo (a mix of African and Native American.) Even though the situation was not perfect, there was more equality between the races because of the intermiggling and the cultural diversity. This can be seen by the fact that Raefal Carrera, a Mestizo leader, lead a conservative revolution agaisnt the United Providence of Centeral America.
But that is not to say that equality was easily achieved. Guatemala faced many racial hardships similar to other countries at this time period. However, segregation was not as sever or inforced. In fact many Latin American countries did not even have a legal form of segregation. However one question that many may not have initually thought of is: has slavery truly come to an end in Guatemala? Coffee is a major part of the Guetamalan economy. However many people work inhuman wages picking coffee. This can be said about many regions of the world since many work slave wages to produce goods for first world countries.