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FROM SHIPMATES TO SOLDIERS
EMERGING BLACK IDENTITIES IN THE RIO DE LA PLANTA |
| By: |
Alex Borucki, Kris Lane |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£25.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0826351808 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780826351807 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
30 September, 2015 |
| Pages: |
312 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
Although it never had a plantation-based economy, the Rio 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 Rio 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. |
| Illustrations: |
13 halftones, 3 maps, 2 charts, 2 graphs, 7 tables |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of New Mexico Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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