Ideally suited for use in broad, swift-moving surveys of Latin American and Caribbean history, this abridgment of McKnight and Garofalo's Afro-Latino Voices: Narratives from the Early Modern Ibero-Atlantic World, 1550-1812 (2009) includes all of the English translations, introductions, and annotation created for that volume.
Kathryn Joy McKnight is Associate Professor of Spanish, University of New Mexico.
Leo J. Garofalo is Associate Professor of History, Connecticut College.
REVIEWS: Comments on the unabridged edition: "A groundbreaking book... provides a broad and rich sampling of documents recording the early modern voices of the African diaspora
Wills, testaments, letters, and historical chronicles are some of the sources that scholars from various disciplines present in this anthology
Each scholar provides a meticulous contextualization of the historical, social, cultural, and political circumstances surrounding the production of each document. The trilingual presentation allows the reader to see the rhetorical style of archival documents in the original language. Additionally, the maps ensure that students have a clear understanding of the geography and historical sites relevant to the range of texts included in the book." Margaret Olsen, Macalester College
