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In this episode I cover the dynamics of life for Blacks on the Spanish frontier in the Americas. I’ll explore how the frontier translates to both danger and opportunity for persons of African descent in the Spanish and English American territories as well as the role Africans played in shaping what was to become the American frontier.
RELATED:
Brief History Of Africa Before Colonialism — How did we get there?; https://vimeo.com/406973461
Jane G. Landers, Against the Odds: Free Blacks in the Slave Societies of the Americas (Slave and Post-Slave Societies and Cultures)
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
00:26 – Intro
00:50 – Background on Spanish Expansion
03:00 – The Afro-Latino Frontier
08:39 – Nature of the Frontier
10:53 – Question of the Day
