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The African Presence in The Dominican Republic
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Content and purpose
Structure
A silenced history
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Thanks and acknowledgements
The archival manuscripts
The maps in this website
An almost total lack of iconography
Urgent need for more research
Arrival
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Introduction
Both free and enslaved blacks arrived since early on
Ladinos and bozales
"Legal" and "illegal" slave trade
The sugar business accelerated the arrival of blacks
Official slave trade diminished in La Española after the 1560s
A black majority in La Española by the end of 16th century
Demographics
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The growth of the black population in La Española in the 1500s
Economy
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The fundamental role of blacks in La Española's economy
Resistance
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A century between resistance and adaptation
Manumission
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Manumission as a tool of slavery
Women
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Black women, present in La Española as early as black men
Resources
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Archival sources
Glossary
Bibliography
Timeline
Maps
Image Gallery
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Spanish Paleography Digital Teaching and Learning Tool
Images
Saint Nicholas of Bari hospital
Trapiche
Governors' Palace, Santo Domingo
Governors' Palace, Exterior, South East Angle
Colonial Fortress of Santo Domingo
Diego Caballero's Sugar Estate
Colonial House With Balconies
Colonial Fortress of Santo Domingo
San Juan de la Maguana Mountains
Museum of Dominican Men
Maquette
Colonial walls of Santo Domingo
Slave Shackles
Colonial Walls of Santo Domingo
House of Gargoyles
Colonial fortress of Santo Domingo
Colonial walls of Santo Domingo
Atarazanas, Santo Domingo City
Colonial walls of Santo Domingo
Colonial Walls of Santo Domingo
Colonial House, Casa Italiana
Population of La Española, 1492-1606
Boca de Nigua Sugar Estate
Archbishop's Palace
Boca de Nigua Sugar Estate
Boca de Nigua Sugar Estate
Boca de Nigua Sugar Estate
Boca de Nigua Sugar Estate
Boca de Nigua Sugar Estate
Boca de Nigua Sugar Estate
Boca de Nigua Sugar Estate
Boca de Nigua Sugar Estate
Boca de Nigua Sugar Estate
Boca de Nigua Sugar Estate
Boca de Nigua Sugar Estate
Boca de Nigua Sugar Estate
Boca de Nigua Sugar Estate
Boca de Nigua Sugar Estate
Boca de Nigua Sugar Estate
Boca de Nigua Sugar Estate
Archbishop's Palace
Archbishop's Palace
Archbishop's Palace
Archbishop's Palace
Ruins of Colonial Church at Pueblo Viejo (Old Town)
Ruins of Colonial Church at Pueblo Viejo (Old Town)
Ruins of Colonial Church at Pueblo Viejo (Old Town)
Ruins of Colonial Church at Pueblo Viejo (Old Town)
Ruins of Colonial Church at Pueblo Viejo (Old Town)
Ruins of the Church and Convent building complex of San Francisco
Ruins of the Church and Convent building complex of San Francisco
Ruins of the Church and Convent building complex of San Francisco
Ruins of the Church and Convent building complex of San Francisco
Ruins of the Church and Convent building complex of San Francisco
Ruins of the Church and Convent building complex of San Francisco
Ruins of the Church and Convent building complex of San Francisco
Ruins of the Church and Convent building complex of San Francisco
Ruins of the Church and Convent building complex of San Francisco
Ruins of the Church and Convent building complex of San Francisco
Palace of the local Royal Tribunal of Hispaniola
Palace of the local Royal Tribunal of Hispaniola
Palace of the local Royal Tribunal of Hispaniola
Palace of the local Royal Tribunal of Hispaniola
Palace of the local Royal Tribunal of Hispaniola
Palace of the local Royal Tribunal of Hispaniola
Palace of the local Royal Tribunal of Hispaniola
Ruins of the Cepicepi Sugar Estate
Ruins of the Cepicepi Sugar Estate
Ruins of the Cepicepi Sugar Estate
Ruins of the Cepicepi Sugar Estate
Ruins of the Cepicepi Sugar Estate
Engombe Sugar Estate
Engombe Sugar Estate
Engombe Sugar Estate
Engombe Sugar Estate
Engombe Sugar Estate
Engombe Sugar Estate
Engombe Sugar Estate
Engombe Sugar Estate
Engombe Sugar Estate
Engombe Sugar Estate
Engombe Sugar Estate
Engombe Sugar Estate
Engombe Sugar Estate
Engombe Sugar Estate
Engombe Sugar Estate
Engombe Sugar Estate
Engombe Sugar Estate
Plaza de Toledo
Plaza de Toledo
Plaza de Toledo
Plaza de Toledo
Plaza de Toledo
Colonial sugar mill of Alonso Zuazo, Sabana Buey, Peravia Province
Las Mercedes Church, Santo Domingo City
Ocoa Bay, Peravia Province
Flat Lands East of the City of Santo Domingo
Solorín, lands of San Juan de la Maguana Province
Cane fields between El Seibo and Hato Mayor
Sanate colonial sugar estate
Nigritae in scrutandis venis metallicis ab Hispanis in Insulas ablegantur.
Nigritae exhaustis venis metallicis consiciendo saccharo operam dare debent.
Nigritae non absoluto quotidiano penso, crudeliter ab Hispanis habentur.
Nigritae ob Hispanorum crudelitatem fugiunt, aliquot Hispanos caedunt, sed tandem ab Hispanis varijs