first Black-African dwellers of the Americas

http:/"The main goal of this platform will be to disseminate the little known story of how the first Black-African dwellers of the Americas in modern times (that is, after the arrival of Colombus in 1492) lived, worked, struggled, survived, produced a culture, died and left a long-lasting legacy that has become an integral part of Domincan culture and of the cultures of the Americas," said Dr. Ramona Hernández, Director of CUNY DSI. "It is a story --added Dr. Hernández-- that began in La Española, the first colonial settlement of the modern Americas that later would evolve into what we know today as the Dominican Republic and the Dominican people.

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