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Early African Captives Talked Back to European Enslavers

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford

06 Jan 2020

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Bucknell University Professor of Spanish Dr Nick Jones’ book on “Habla de Negros” -- “Black talk/speech” -- in early colonial Spain and Portugal shows that “through their Africanized Spanish, they’re speaking back to their masters, they’re critiquing them” and making their humanity and agency known.

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