Afro-Latin America, 1800-2000Oxford University Press, 2004 - 284 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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... authorities on issues of interest to the membership . These negotiations gave rise to a constant tug - of - war between the cabildos and the government . The government sought to use the cabildos as a means of controlling the city's ...
... authorities admitted that they could not stop " the increase in the number of run- away slaves who join the many others in the various quilombos " surrounding the city or control the " ever - increasing danger to public security . " 71 ...
... authorities therefore pressed fur- ther with their campaign , first banning the black societies from dancing , drum- ming , or parading publicly on religious holidays ( 1884 ) , and then trying to break the long - standing links between ...