1872 Slave Schedule in Puerto Rico
While the US Civil War led to the freedom of many enslaved people, the same cannot be said for other regions of the Americas. Slavery was completely abolished in Haiti in 1803 and finally in 1822 in current day Dominican Republic thanks to the then Haitian President. However, Puerto Rico was still enslaving many. Many…
Researching Your African Ancestry in the Caribbean
One of the greatest ways of researching African ancestry in the Caribbean is by actually reading many history books and from different resources and countries. If you don’t have the time to go through so many books in the beginning then there is a shortcut. I found that UNESCO Publishing is the best shortcut to…
My Ancestry – Benin & Togo – My Culture
So I had my DNA done with Ancestry DNA. One of the great things about having your DNA done with AncestryDNA is that they provide a breakdown on your African DNA if you descend from African ancestry. Most Dominicans have African ancestry just like its neighbor, Haiti. The same can be said about Puerto Rico. …