Episode 14 - The Cimarrons

With the available labor force within the encomienda system dwindling, the colonizers look for workers from across the Atlantic, beginning one of the gravest crimes against humanity in history and transforming Puerto Rican demography and identity forever.

If you want more information on the topic, please see the main references for the episode below:

• Puerto Rico Negro: https://archive.org/details/puertoriconegro0000sued/page/187/mode/1up?q=Gelofe,
• Inventario comentado de resistencia esclavos y de la lucha abolicionista de PR, siglos 16 y 19: https://issuu.com/coleccionpuertorriquena/docs/inventario_comentado_resistencia_esclavos_cc_4_0,
• Indios y negros en la conquista española de Puerto Rico, siglo XVI: libres y esclavos: https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/11/54/15/00001/PRAFRO%2000068.pdf 

• Obras Escogidas de Fray Bartolomé de las Casas:

  https://docs.enriquedussel.com/txt/Textos_200_Obras/PyF_siglo_XVI/Opusculos_cartas_memoriales-Bartolome_Casas.pdf,
• Cataoçibo o las rebeldías de un indio alzado en Puerto Rico, 1524-1528: https://claridadpuertorico.com/cataocibo-o-las-rebeldias-de-un-indio-alzado-en-puerto-rico-1524-1528/ 

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The image for this episode comes from the book Americae pars quinta by the author Girolamo Benzoni published in 1595.