Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-278) and index.
Contents
The riddle of the disappearance -- The setting -- Slavery and the slave trade -- The transition from slavery to freedom, of a sort -- How the Afro-Argentines disappeared -- Why the Afro-Argentines disappeared -- The black legions -- Community organizations: the quest for autonomy -- Afro-Argentines in the arts -- 1850-1900: the irreversible decline -- Buenos Aires in comparative perspective: caste, class, and race relations in the Americas since emancipation -- Epilogue: Afro-Argentines today.
