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Emergence of the Afro-Zulians in the Trans-Atlantic World (1722-1811) / Raymond A. Keller, II ; with a preface by Robert M. Maxon

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Keller II, Raymond Andrew
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Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2012.
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1 online resource (314 pages)
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Contents
EMERGENCE OF THE AFRO-ZULIANS IN THE TRANS-ATLANTIC WORLD (1722-1811); Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Abstract; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One: Jean De Chourio E Iturbide; Table: Legal Importation of African Slaves in the Spanish American Colonies; Chapter Two: African Roots and European Influence in the Sur Del Lago; Chapter Three: Religious Factors; Chapter Four: Resistance and Survival; Chapter Five: The Afro-Zulians; Appendix A: Social Stratification of Venezuelan Colonial Society; Appendix B: Roman Catholic Motivations of Juan de Chourio.
Summary
This book addresses the history of a small community of the African Diaspora mostly overlooked: the Afro-Zulians as the descendants of the first blacks brought over to the Sur del Lago Maracaibo region in Venezuela by the Basque-French slave trader Jean de Chourio in 1722. Despite attempts by Creole elites to strip away their African identity, it shows that they remained true to their African roots precisely because of the geographical remoteness of their settlements. The author links them to the Imbangala peoples of pre-colonial Angola, but shows how they adapted to a greater multicultural Ve.
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9780773429635 (electronic bk.)
0773429638 (electronic bk.)
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