Although it never had a plantation-based economy, the Río de la Plata region, comprising present-day Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, has a long but neglected history of slave trading and slavery. This book analyzes the lives of Africans and their descendants in Montevideo and Buenos Aires from the late colonial era to the first decades of independence. The author shows how the enslaved Africans created social identities based on their common experiences, ranging from surviving together the Atlantic and coastal forced passages on slave vessels to serving as soldiers in the independence-era black battalions. In addition to the slave trade and the military, their participation in black lay brotherhoods, African “nations, ” and the lettered culture shaped their social identities. Linking specific regions of Africa to the Río de la Plata region, the author also explores the ties of the free black and enslaved populations to the larger society in which they found themselves.
Alex Borucki
From Shipmates to Soldiers [EPUB ebook]
Emerging Black Identities in the Río de la Plata
From Shipmates to Soldiers [EPUB ebook]
Emerging Black Identities in the Río de la Plata
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Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 312 ● ISBN 9780826351791 ● Taille du fichier 6.4 MB ● Maison d’édition University of New Mexico Press ● Publié 2015 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 7486935 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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