Afro-Latin America, 1800-2000Oxford University Press, 24/06/2004 - 299 من الصفحات While the rise and abolition of slavery and ongoing race relations are central themes of the history of the United States, the African diaspora actually had a far greater impact on Latin and Central America. More than ten times as many Africans came to Spanish and Portuguese America as the United States. In this, the first history of the African diaspora in Latin America from emancipation to the present, George Reid Andrews deftly synthesizes the history of people of African descent in every Latin American country from Mexico and the Caribbean to Argentina. He examines how African peooples and their descendants made their way from slavery to freedom and how they helped shape and responded to political, economic, and cultural changes in their societies. Individually and collectively they pursued the goals of freedom, equality, and citizenship through military service, political parties, civic organizations, labor unions, religious activity, and other avenues. Spanning two centuries, this tour de force should be read by anyone interested in Latin American history, the history of slavery, and the African diaspora, as well as the future of Latin America. |
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الصفحة 13
... owners who transported them to the New World, and finally by the slave owners who bought them. No Africans would ever have chosen the destination to which most of them were sent: the sugar, coffee, tobacco, cacao, and cotton plantations ...
... owners who transported them to the New World, and finally by the slave owners who bought them. No Africans would ever have chosen the destination to which most of them were sent: the sugar, coffee, tobacco, cacao, and cotton plantations ...
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... owners therefore relied on cuadrillas (work gangs) of slaves, often managed by free black or mulatto overseers.7 Most Africans were brought to the New World to produce precious metals or tropical plantation crops. This corresponded to ...
... owners therefore relied on cuadrillas (work gangs) of slaves, often managed by free black or mulatto overseers.7 Most Africans were brought to the New World to produce precious metals or tropical plantation crops. This corresponded to ...
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... owners'infant children and, in some cases, providing sexual services to masters and their adolescent children.10 A second major area of urban slave labor was street vending. Slaves sold numerous items, especially food, candies, drinks ...
... owners'infant children and, in some cases, providing sexual services to masters and their adolescent children.10 A second major area of urban slave labor was street vending. Slaves sold numerous items, especially food, candies, drinks ...
الصفحة 17
... owners imported an estimated 86,000 Africans. Then during the 1700s—as the Indian population began to recover, growing to some 3million by 1800—slave imports fell to fewer than 20,000, despite the rapid economic growth and increasing ...
... owners imported an estimated 86,000 Africans. Then during the 1700s—as the Indian population began to recover, growing to some 3million by 1800—slave imports fell to fewer than 20,000, despite the rapid economic growth and increasing ...
الصفحة 18
... owners had little incentive to buy and import more slaves.20 During periods of expansion, by contrast, owners had to import large numbers of Africans simply to maintain their labor forces at a constant level, and even larger numbers of ...
... owners had little incentive to buy and import more slaves.20 During periods of expansion, by contrast, owners had to import large numbers of Africans simply to maintain their labor forces at a constant level, and even larger numbers of ...
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The Wars for Freedom 18101890 | 53 |
The Politics of Freedom 18101890 | 85 |
Whitening 18801930 | 117 |
Chapter 5 Browning and Blackening 19302000 | 153 |
2000 and Beyond | 191 |
Population Counts 18002000 | 203 |
Glossary | 209 |
Notes | 213 |
Selected Bibliography | 247 |
Index | 275 |
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