Although it never had a plantation-based economy, the Río de la
Plata region, comprising present-day Argentina, Uruguay, and
Paraguay, has a long but neglected history of slave trading and
slavery. This book analyzes the lives of Africans and their
descendants in Montevideo and Buenos Aires from the late colonial
era to the first decades of independence. The author shows how the
enslaved Africans created social identities based on their common
experiences, ranging from surviving together the Atlantic and
coastal forced passages on slave vessels to serving as soldiers in
the independence-era black battalions. In addition to the slave
trade and the military, their participation in black lay
brotherhoods, African “nations,” and the lettered culture
shaped their social identities. Linking specific regions of Africa
to the Río de la Plata region, the author also explores the ties
of the free black and enslaved populations to the larger society in
which they found themselves.
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