Liberty and Equality in Caribbean Colombia, 1770-1835

Name: Liberty and Equality in Caribbean Colombia, 1770-1835
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ISBN: 9780807855409

ISBN-10: 0807855405

ISBN-13: 9780807855409

Edition: 2004

Authors: Aline Helg

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After Brazil and the United States, Colombia has the third-largest population of African-descended peoples in the Western hemisphere. Yet the country is commonly viewed as a nation of Andeans, whites, andmestizos(peoples of mixed Spanish and indigenous Indian ancestry). Aline Helg examines the historical roots of Colombia's treatment and neglect of its Afro-Caribbean identity within the comparative perspective of the Americas. Concentrating on the Caribbean region, she explores the role of free and enslaved peoples of full and mixed African ancestry, elite whites, and Indians in the late colonial period and in the processes of independence and early nation building. Why did race not become…

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List price: $47.50
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 9/13/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English




Frontiers



Countryside



Cities



The first independence



Equality and freedom under the Republic



The Pardo and Liberal challenges to Bolivar's project


Conclusion : an all-American perspective