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At the Heart of the Borderlands is the first book-length study of
Africans and Afro-descendants in the frontiers of Spanish America.
While people of African descent have formed part of most
borderlands' histories, this study recognizes and explains their
critical contribution to the formation of frontier spaces. Lack of
imperial control coupled with Spain's desperation for settlers and
soldiers in frontier areas facilitated the social mobility of
Afro-descendants. This need allowed African descendants to become
not just members of borderland societies but leaders of it as well.
They were essential actors in helping to shape the limits of the
Spanish empire. Africans and Afro-descendants built, opposed, and
shaped Spanish hegemony in the borderlands, taking on roles that
would have been impossible or difficult in colonial centers due to
the socio-racial hierarchy of imperial policies and practices.
At the Heart of the Borderlands is the first book-length study of
Africans and Afro-descendants in the frontiers of Spanish America.
While people of African descent have formed part of most
borderlands' histories, this study recognizes and explains their
critical contribution to the formation of frontier spaces. Lack of
imperial control coupled with Spain's desperation for settlers and
soldiers in frontier areas facilitated the social mobility of
Afro-descendants. This need allowed African descendants to become
not just members of borderland societies but leaders of it as well.
They were essential actors in helping to shape the limits of the
Spanish empire. Africans and Afro-descendants built, opposed, and
shaped Spanish hegemony in the borderlands, taking on roles that
would have been impossible or difficult in colonial centers due to
the socio-racial hierarchy of imperial policies and practices.
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