At the Heart of the Borderlands Africans and Afro-Descendants on the Edges of Colonial Spanish America Gideon Sterer (Author) The haunted history of the

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At the Heart of the Borderlands Africans and Afro-Descendants on the Edges of Colonial Spanish America Gideon Sterer (Author) The haunted history of theAt the Heart of the Borderlands is the first book length study of Africans and Afro descendants in the frontiers of Spanish America. While people of African descent have formed part of most borderlands histories, this study recognizes and explains their critical contribution to the formation of frontier spaces. Lack of imperial control coupled with Spain's desperation for settlers and soldiers in frontier areas facilitated the social mobility of Afro