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

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

Aponte Torres, Gilberto
Carrillo, Karen Juanita

Paperback

Series: Suny Series, Afro-Latinx Futures

Caribbean HistoryGeneral SociologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1438491522
ISBN13: 9781438491523
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Oct 2 2023
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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

Originally published in Spanish in 1985 as part of a book series commissioned by Banco Popular, this slim volume makes an invaluable contribution to the history of Black people in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean more broadly. Today, San Mateo de Cangrejos is known as Santurce-a stylish district in the capital of San Juan, birthplace of Harlem Renaissance intellectual and collector Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, and home of the Santurce Cangrejeros for which baseball legends Roberto Clemente and Willie Mays once played. Gilberto Aponte Torres's brief yet transformative history is not about the feats of such great men but rather the human foundations of this unique municipality. San Mateo de Cangrejos was founded in the seventeenth century by cimarrones, or maroons, who were fleeing enslavement on neighboring islands and were later recognized as free by local authorities. Never losing sight of the significance of this fact, Aponte Torres details the religious life of Cangrejos, its economic and urban development, demography, military contributions, and eventual annexation by San Juan in 1862. Thoughtfully translated by Karen Juanita Carrillo, the English edition of San Mateo de Cangrejos includes photographs, a glossary, and other new features to help situate readers and further illuminate the deep roots of Black culture on the island.

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