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El papel fundamental de los negros en la econom\u00eda de La Espa\u00f1ola<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Desde el principio, los africanos negros desempe\u00f1aron un papel fundamental en el funcionamiento y la supervivencia de La Espa\u00f1ola como colonia viable durante el siglo XVI y luego a lo largo de todo el largo per\u00edodo colonial.\u00a0(see Manuscript No. 068)<\/a>. La Espa\u00f1ola fue la primera econom\u00eda basada en la esclavitud negra de las Am\u00e9ricas y sigui\u00f3 si\u00e9ndolo durante todo el siglo XVI. Y los afrodescendientes continuaron siendo esenciales para la sociedad de La Espa\u00f1ola siglos despu\u00e9s, una vez que se proclam\u00f3 como un nuevo estado-naci\u00f3n independiente en 1844 bajo el nombre de Rep\u00fablica Dominicana.<\/p>

Sabemos que varios de los colonos ib\u00e9ricos\/europeos que colonizaron a los ind\u00edgenas ta\u00ednos de La Espa\u00f1ola y luego marcaron el comienzo de la llegada de negros predominantemente como una masa de trabajadores forzados, eran perfectamente conscientes de la importancia econ\u00f3mica fundamental de los negros. En ocasiones, los colonos expresaron su comprensi\u00f3n de ese hecho al articular la noci\u00f3n, repetida desde entonces durante siglos en todo el continente americano, de que sin negros no habr\u00eda colonias.\u00a0(See Manuscript\u00a0No. 058)<\/a><\/p>

\"\"Los negros realizaron la mayor parte del trabajo que mantuvo en marcha la econom\u00eda colonial en el siglo XVI. Esto inclu\u00eda: 1) la miner\u00eda de oro aluvial en la que se centraron los colonizadores durante la primera etapa del asentamiento\u00a0(see Manuscript No. 066)<\/a>; 2)\u00a0el trabajo en las granjas que proporcionaban la mayor parte de los alimentos agr\u00edcolas; 3)\u00a0la cr\u00eda de ganado que produc\u00eda abundante carne y pieles; 4)\u00a0el trabajo en plantaciones o granjas agr\u00edcolas comerciales, incluidas las infames plantaciones de ca\u00f1a de az\u00facar o\u00a0ingenios.\u00a0<\/em>En las plantaciones de az\u00facar, los negros esclavizados estaban sujetos a un ritmo de trabajo nuevo y a menudo espantoso y a condiciones laborales que la producci\u00f3n de ca\u00f1a de az\u00facar trajo consigo a la modernidad en las Am\u00e9ricas, despu\u00e9s de ser probada por los europeos occidentales en los entornos coloniales del Atl\u00e1ntico oriental de las Islas Madeira y las Islas Canarias.<\/p>

Vea im\u00e1genes de los restos de las plantaciones azucareras del siglo XVI de La Espa\u00f1ola por\u00a0haciendo clic aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>

Los negros fueron fundamentales en la construcci\u00f3n de los muros defensivos y fosos.\u00a0(see Manuscript No. 032)<\/a>\u00a0que proteg\u00edan a la ciudad de Santo Domingo, aunque no siempre de manera efectiva, de muchos ataques mar\u00edtimos de enemigos del imperio espa\u00f1ol, y probablemente eran la mayor parte de la fuerza laboral en la construcci\u00f3n de todo tipo de edificios y estructuras que tomaban forma ya sea en Santo Domingo o en los pueblos y aldeas de la colonia m\u00e1s alejados de la ciudad capital. Eran igualmente importantes como sirvientes dom\u00e9sticos que trabajaban en condiciones de gran intimidad con sus due\u00f1os\/amos y como trabajadores y artesanos urbanos.\u00a0(See Manuscript No. 049)<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>

Vea im\u00e1genes del sistema colonial de murallas defensivas y elementos erigidos de la Ciudad de Santo Domingo por\u00a0haciendo clic aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The fundamental role of blacks in La Espa\u00f1ola’s economy From early on Black Africans performed a fundamental role in the functioning and the survival of La Espa\u00f1ola as a viable colony during the sixteenth-century and then throughout the entire long colonial period\u00a0(see Manuscript No. 068).\u00a0La Espa\u00f1ola was the first Black slavery-based economy of the Americas […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-summaries"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe fundamental role of blacks in La Espa\u00f1ola's economy - First Blacks in The Americas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/firstblacks.org\/spn\/summaries\/general-role-in-the-economy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The fundamental role of blacks in La Espa\u00f1ola's economy - 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