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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... levels of the black middle class and the upper levels of the black proletariat , there were mutual aid societies such as the Centro de Cocheros ( Havana ) , the So- ciedade Protetora dos Desválidos ( Salvador ) , and La Protectora and ...
... levels of society as educated , ambitious Afro - Latin Americans strove for admission to the burgeoning middle class ... level of society in fact have major impacts on black life - chances . Those who believe in the racial egalitarianism ...
... level , to be fired and disciplined more frequently than whites , and to have very low rates of promotion and advancement.79 Employers insist that these racial differentials reflect differences in black and white workers ' levels of ...