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Black in Latin America /

12.5 million Africans were shipped to the New World during the Middle Passage. While just over 11.0 million survived the arduous journey, only about 450,000 of them arrived in the United States. The rest-over ten and a half million-were taken to the Caribbean and Latin America. This astonishing fact...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gates, Henry Louis, Jr (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Brazil : "May Exú give me the power of speech"
  • Mexico : "The black grandma in the closet"
  • Peru : the black soul of Peru
  • The Dominican Republic : "Black behind the ears"
  • Haiti : "From my ashes I rise; God is my cause and my sword" (motto on King Henri Christophe's Haitian flag, 1811-1820)
  • Cuba : the next Cuban revolution.