San Mateo De Cangrejos - Historical Notes on a Self-Emancipated Black Community in Puerto Rico

Establishes the central role of Afro-Puerto Ricans in the island's history and the creation of its capital city, San Juan.

About the author

Gilberto Aponte Torres is a researcher and teaches history in Puerto Rico. Karen Juanita Carrillo is the author of several books, including African American-Latino Relations in the 21st Century: When Cultures Collide, as well as the cofounder of AfroPresencia, a nonprofit organization dedicated to reporting on Blacks in the Caribbean and throughout North, Central, and South America.

Product details

• Authors: Gilberto Aponte Torres, Gilberto Aponte/ Carrillo Torres
• Assisted by: Karen Juanita Carrillo (Translation), Carrillo Karen Juanita (Translation)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.10.2023
• EAN: 9781438491523
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9152-3
• No. of pages: 92
• Series: Suny Series, Afro-Latinx Futur; SUNY series, Afro-Latinx Futures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), Caribbean islands, History of the Americas, The Americas, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to people of the African diasporas / heritage