Blacks in Colonial Veracruz: Race, Ethnicity, and Regional Development Inspirational & Religious ; Poetry and a host of others

and a host of others who find more than they bargain for in this mysterious town

*Includes pictures*Includes accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsDespite the fact that the Civil War began over 150 years ago

explores the history and circumstances of African American religion through three examples: conjure

Roberts sit alongside the experiences of people of African descent at home during World War I

and the role of women in Yoruba society

Blacks in Colonial Veracruz: Race, Ethnicity, and Regional Development Inspirational & Religious ; Poetry and a host of othersBeginning with the Spanish conquest, Mexico has become a racially complex society intermixing Indian, Spanish, and African populations. Questions of race and ethnicity have fueled much political and scholarly debate, sometimes obscuring the experiences of particular groups, especially blacks. Blacks in Colonial Veracruz seeks to remedy this omission by studying the black experience in central Veracruz during virtually the entire colonial period. The