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Orality, Identity, and Resistance in Palenque (Colombia): An interdisciplinary approach
Edited by Armin Schwegler, Bryan Kirschen and Graciela Maglia
[Contact Language Library 54] 2017
► pp. 297–316

Chapter 7
Orality and writing in the historiography of Afro-descendant slaves

This article first compares the historiography of slavery in the United States to that of Latin America, and then examines historians’ recent accomplishments in their attempt to rescue the voices of slaves from mostly illiterate communities of colonial Iberian America. The study concludes by focusing on the author’s research on slave resistance in the Caribbean region of Cartagena, Colombia.
Keywords: Latin America, Cartagena, Colombia, slavery, slave trade, historiography, slave resistance
Article outline
  • 0.Introduction
  • 1.Historiography of slavery in the United States and Latin America
  • 2.Voices from slaves in the province of Cartagena de Indias
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 19 December 2017
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