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259 p, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. set out on a quest to discover how Latin Americans of African descent live now, and how the countries of their acknowledge—or deny—their African past; how the fact of race and African ancestry play themselves out in the multicultural worlds of the Caribbean and Latin America. Starting with the slave experience and extending to the present, Gates unveils the history of the African presence in six Latin American countries—Brazil, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico, and Peru—through art, music, cuisine, dance, politics, and religion, but also the very palpable presence of anti-black racism.
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Originally published in 1969 in Spanish as Los negros, los mulatos y la Nación Dominicana., 122 p, Contents: The Black population -- The Black population and the national consciousness -- The Constitution of 1801 -- The other face of the reconquest -- "Foolish Spain" and "rebellious Africa" -- Complete unity and national unity.
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341 p, A study of representations of Atlantic slavery in the visual arts between 1780 and 1865. It examines paintings, sculptures, prints, textiles, maps, ceramics, jewellery, needlework and theatre. The work also demands that we reconsider how slavery is culturally constructed in the West now.
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Revision of thesis (Ph. D.--Johns Hopkins University, 1974), originally presented under title: Slave resistance and social control in Antiqua, 1700-1763., 338 P., Essentially a history of the Caribbean sugar societies as manifested on one small island from 1670 to 1763. In 1736, the British Caribbean island of Antigua uncovered a plot among its slave population to destroy the white power structure. Using extensive quotations from the governmental investigation of the plot, Gaspar attempts a full examination of all aspects of a slave society and of the intertwined relationships of masters and servants.
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176 p, Contents: I. Codrington College and Plantations -- II. Field Hands and Artisans -- III. Discipline -- IV. Villages and Villagers -- V. African Recruitment -- VI. Anatomy of Decline -- VII. Hired Gangs and Seasoned Recruits -- VIII. Chattel Christians, 1710-1768 -- IX. Humanitarian Policy, 1760-1793 -- X. Amelioration, 1793-1823 -- XI. The Society and the Abolitionists, 1823-1830 -- XII. Emancipation and Apprenticeship, 1831-1838 -- XIII. Conclusion
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257 p., Chronicles the lived experience of race relations in northern coastal Peru during the colonial era. Rachel Sarah O'Toole examines the construction of a casta (caste) system under the Spanish government, and how this system was negotiated and employed by Andeans and Africans.
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292 p, Presentation of empirical historical data on Britain’s transatlantic slave economy and society supports the legal claim that chattel slavery as established by the British state and sustained by citizens and governments was understood then as a crime, but political and moral outrage were silenced by the argument that the enslavement of black people was in Britain’s national interest. Slavery was invested in by the royal family, the government, the established church, most elite families, and large public institutions in the private and public sector. Citing the legal principles of unjust and criminal enrichment, the author presents a compelling argument for Britain’s payment of its black debt, a debt that it continues to deny .
