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Author Andújar Persinal, Carlos, 1956- author.

Title The African presence in Santo Domingo / Carlos Andújar ; translated by Rosa Maria Andújar
Published East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (100 pages)
Series Ruth Simms Hamilton African Diaspora series
Contents West Africa during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries -- The origin of slaves -- Slavery in Santo Domingo -- Black rebellions -- Contributions of Black culture to Dominican culture
Summary Throughout its long and often tumultuous history, "La Hispanola" has taken on various cultural identities to meet the expectations-and especially the demands-of those who governed it. The island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti saw its first great shift with the arrival of Spanish colonists, who eliminated the Indigenous population and established a pattern of indifference or hostility to diversity there. This enlightening book explores the Dominican Republic through the lens of its African descendants, beginning with the rise of the black slave trade in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century West Africa, and continuing on to slavery as it existed on the island. An engaging history that vividly details black life in the Dominican Republic, the book investigates the slave rebellions and evaluates the numerous contributions of black slaves to Dominican culture
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Slavery -- Dominican Republic -- History
Black people -- Dominican Republic -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Black people
Civilization -- African influences
Slavery
SUBJECT Dominican Republic -- Civilization -- African influences
Subject Dominican Republic
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781609173128
1609173120
9781628962253
1628962259
Other Titles Presencia negra en Santo Domingo. English