From Shipmates to Soldiers: Emerging Black Identities in the

From Shipmates to Soldiers: Emerging Black Identities in the Río de la Plata (Diálogos Series)

Although it never had a plantation-based economy, the RÃo 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 RÃo 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.
Country USA
Brand University of New Mexico Press
Manufacturer UNM Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 13 halftones, 3 maps, 2 charts, 2 graphs
ReleaseDate 2015-11-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780826351807

Country	USA
Brand	University of New Mexico Press
Manufacturer	UNM Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	13 halftones, 3 maps, 2 charts, 2 graphs
ReleaseDate	2015-11-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780826351807

From Shipmates to Soldiers: Emerging Black Identities in the Río de la Plata (Diálogos Series)