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San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia - March 25, 2017: It is the first place in America where free Africans were living as it was in 1691 Spanish Crown issued a Royal Decree, guaranteeing freedom to the Palenque de San Basilio Africans.

First Free Town in the Americas? – The True History of San Basilio de Palenque in Colombia

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Liberty and Equality in Caribbean Colombia 1770-1835 – A Book Review of an Interesting History of Race and Identity in Colombia at the Time of Independence

Aline Helg's Liberty and Equality in Caribbean Colombia 1770-1835 is a fascinating ethnographic study of late…

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