Jose Maria Morelos was a priest, who understood and supported the ideals that Miguel Hidalgo made known to him as a teacher.
"Que la esclavitud se proscriba para siempre y lo mismo la distinción de castas."
Morelos was a great military soldier, because he was a strategist and a good leader. And he was the first opponent of the Viceroyalty.
"No hay otra nobleza que la de la virtud, el saber, el patriotismo y la caridad."
Morelos wrote the constitution of Apatzingan, during the first independent congress in September 1813, this marked the independence of Mexico against Spain.