This section presents information about the early life of independence hero José María Morelos before the armed uprising.

It recounts his birth and childhood in Valladolid (today Morelia), where he was raised by his mother, and his work as a muleteer at the San Rafael Tahuejo hacienda—a trade that would later prove useful in developing his military skills during the fight for Independence.

Regarding his clerical life, the exhibit highlights his appointment in 1798 as interim parish priest of Churumuco and La Huacana, his eleven years in Cuarácuaro, and his subsequent transfer to Nocupétaro in 1801.