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- Afro-Mexican Lives in the Long Nineteenth Century
- Afro-Latin America
- Afro-Mexican Lives in the Long Nineteenth Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology of Key Events in Afro-Mexican History
- Introduction
- Part I Freedom and Colonial Legacies
- Part II (Un)Disappearing Black Mexico
- Index
- References
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2025
Book contents
- Afro-Mexican Lives in the Long Nineteenth Century
- Afro-Latin America
- Afro-Mexican Lives in the Long Nineteenth Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology of Key Events in Afro-Mexican History
- Introduction
- Part I Freedom and Colonial Legacies
- Part II (Un)Disappearing Black Mexico
- Index
- References
Summary
This introduction provides an overview of the theories and methodologies necessary to reveal the social, economic, and political lives of Afro-descended Mexicans after the abolition of slavery and caste. Beginning with the cofradía del Rosario in what is now Morelia, it sets the stage for the collection by showing how references to Afro-descended communities continued after independence in 1821. The introduction argues that the limited sources about Afro-descended Mexican citizens do not preclude the study of these communities after emancipation. Instead, it requires careful, often against the grain, readings of racial identities as well as of individual and collective agency, historical themes related to slavery and freedom that are better known in the colonial period. Ultimately, the introduction attempts to provide a roadmap for future studies into the history of Afro-Mexicans in the nineteenth century.
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- Afro-Mexican Lives in the Long Nineteenth CenturySlavery, Freedom, and the Writing of History, pp. 1 - 32Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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