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Liberty & equality in Caribbean Colombia, 1770-1835 / Aline Helg

Helg, Aline,i1953- [Verfasser]

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2004

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 363 pages) : Illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-345) and index

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

0-8078-7587-2 ; 978-0-8078-7587-2 ; 978-0-8078-2876-2 ; 0-8078-2876-9 ; 978-0-8078-5540-9 ; 0-8078-5540-5 ; 0-8078-2876-9

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.