From Shipmates to Soldiers : Emerging Black Identities in the Río de la Plata.
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- 9780826351791
- Blacks -- Race identity -- Uruguay
- Blacks -- Río de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay) -- Social networks
- Blacks -- Río de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay) -- History
- Slavery -- Río de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay) -- History
- Slavery -- Uruguay -- History
- Río de la Plata (Argentina and Uruguay) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Uruguay -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- F2799.N3 -- .B678 2015eb
Front Cover -- Diálogos Series -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Slavery, War, and Abolition in the Río de la Plata -- 1: The Foundation of the Black Population of the Río de la Plata, 1777-1839 -- 2: Shipmate Networks and African Identities, 1760-1810 -- 3: Leadership and Networks in Black Militias, Confraternities, and Tambos -- 4: A Plan of Their Own? Black Battalions and Caudillo Politics in Uruguay -- 5: African-Based Associations, Candombe, and the Day of Kings, 1830-1860 -- 6: Jacinto Ventura de Molina, a Black Letrado of Montevideo, 1766-1841 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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