Afro-Argentine

alternative Afro-Argentinian

1. historicalnot comparableOf or pertaining to Argentines of African descent.

   A great percentage of Afro-Argentine males served in the army,...

   1999, Brian Bell, Argentina, Insight Guides

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   Following the destruction of the free black battalions at Sipe-Sipe, the Afro-Argentine representation in the armed forces consisted almost entirely of ...

   2003, John Charles Chasteen, James A. Wood, Problems in Modern Latin American History: sources and interpretations

   An obviously discontented unit was the Afro-Argentine Fourth Cazadores, which between November 1827 and October 1829 lost 31 soldiers dead and ...

   1995, Darién J. Davis, Slavery and Beyond: The African Impact on Latin America and the Caribbean

   A third is that they perished while serving in the special Afro-Argentine male battalions of the army.

   2003, C. Michael Hawn, Gather Into One: Praying and Singing Globally

   Half of San Martin's army was comprised of Afro-Argentine soldiers. Slaves could earn their freedom by serving in the military, and some Afro-Argentine men...

   2004, Theodore Link, Rose McCarthy, Argentina: A Primary Source Cultural Guide

plural Afro-Argentines · alternative Afro-Argentinian

1. historicalAn Argentine of African descent.

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   In the case of Afro-Argentines, as in the case of Argentina's Indians and gauchos, this tactic arguably succeeded. Although blacks constituted about 10 percent of Argentina's population in 1810, by 1887 their numbers had dropped to less than 2 percent, and have continued to drop down to the present day. ...

   1999, Joyce Moss, Latin American Literature and Its Times

   The official mouthpiece of the Rosas government, La Gaceta Mercantil, praised Afro-Argentines as “valiant defenders of liberty who have won fame and glory in a hundred battles,” adding that “General Rosas so appreciates the mulattos and morenos that he has no objection to seating them at his table and eating with them.” In other respects, however, the persistence of racism against Afro-Argentines, Indians, and gauchos showed regrettable continuities with the colonial past.

   2005, Jeffrey M. Shumway, The Case of the Ugly Suitor & Other Histories of Love, Gender, & Nation in Buenos Aires, 1776-1870