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Afro-Latino Hispanic Heritage Edition September 17, 2021
Juneteenth Edition 2021
​May 14, 2020
​April 24, 2020
Answers to Quiz
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and National Arts and Humanities Month
Q: Where was Arturo Alfonso Schomburg born? His extensive collection of art, slave narratives, and other materials of African history was the basis of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library.
A. Puerto Rico
Q Where were the majority of Africans enslaved in the Americas?
A. Brazil
The majority of enslaved Africans went to Brazil, followed by the Caribbean. A significant number of enslaved Africans arrived in the American colonies by way of the Caribbean.
Q What was the last country in the Americas to end legal enslavement of Africans?
A: Brazil was the last country in the Americas that relied on legal enslaved labor. The imperial government finally abolished slavery in 1888 after years of intense pressure from abolition organizations across the country.
Q When did legal enslavement of Africans end in Cuba?
A: Slavery was not abolished in Cuba until 1886.
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