San Mateo de Cangrejos
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San Mateo de Cangrejos

Historical Notes on a Self-Emancipated Black Community in Puerto Rico

  1. 80 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

San Mateo de Cangrejos

Historical Notes on a Self-Emancipated Black Community in Puerto Rico

About this book

Establishes the central role of Afro-Puerto Ricans in the island's history and the creation of its capital city, San Juan.

Originally published in Spanish in 1985 as part of a book series commissioned by Banco Popular, this slim volume makes an invaluable contribution to the history of Black people in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean more broadly. Today, San Mateo de Cangrejos is known as Santurce-a stylish district in the capital of San Juan, birthplace of Harlem Renaissance intellectual and collector Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, and home of the Santurce Cangrejeros for which baseball legends Roberto Clemente and Willie Mays once played. Gilberto Aponte Torres's brief yet transformative history is not about the feats of such "great men" but rather the "human foundations" of this unique municipality. San Mateo de Cangrejos was founded in the seventeenth century by cimarrones, or maroons, who were fleeing enslavement on neighboring islands and were later recognized as free by local authorities. Never losing sight of the significance of this fact, Aponte Torres details the religious life of Cangrejos, its economic and urban development, demography, military contributions, and eventual annexation by San Juan in 1862. Thoughtfully translated by Karen Juanita Carrillo, the English edition of San Mateo de Cangrejos includes photographs, a glossary, and other new features to help situate readers and further illuminate the deep roots of Black culture on the island.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Translatorā€™s Note
  7. Foreword to the Translation
  8. Prologue to Original
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Abbreviations
  11. Introduction
  12. Chapter 1 San Mateo de Cangrejosā€™s Origins
  13. Chapter 2 The Church of Cangrejos
  14. Chapter 3 Economic Activity in Cangrejos in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
  15. Chapter 4 Ethnic Origins of San Mateo de Cangrejos
  16. Chapter 5 San Mateo de Cangrejos and Military Defense
  17. Chapter 6 The Suppression of Cangrejos in 1862
  18. Chapter 7 The Institutional Order of Cangrejos
  19. Chapter 8 Cangrejosā€™s Residents: As Seen from San Juan
  20. Chapter 9 Santurceā€™s Urban and Demographic Development
  21. Conclusion
  22. Appendix
  23. Glossary
  24. Notes
  25. Bibliographies
  26. Index
  27. Back Cover