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Liberty & equality in Caribbean Colombia, 1770-1835 / Aline Helg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Helg, Aline, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black people--Colombia--Atlantic Coast Region--History.
- Black people.
- Black people--Race identity--Colombia--Atlantic Coast Region.
- Social classes--Colombia--Atlantic Coast Region--History.
- Social classes.
- Discrimination--Colombia--Atlantic Coast Region.
- Discrimination.
- Colombia--History--18th century.
- Colombia.
- Colombia--History--19th century.
- Colombia--Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (380 p.)
- Other Title:
- Liberty and equality in Caribbean Colombia, 1770-1835
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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, and mestizos. Aline Helg examines the historical roots of Colombia's treatment and neglect of its Afro-Caribbean identity.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-345) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890876942
- 9780807875872
- 0807875872
- OCLC:
- 476236843
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