The Black Americans of Samaná (Short)
There are hundreds of African Americans living in the Dominican Republic, and they aren't passport bros! And they've been here since the 1800s.
I sat down with anthropologist Ryan Mann-Hamilton to talk about the free African Americans who built a community in Samaná with their own culture and language. Though the exact number of folks who still speak Samaná English is still disputed, what’s undeniable is that their culture has survived hundreds of years.
Check out the full story (with all the nuance I couldn’t fit here) on my channel.
Sources:
Library of Congress
World Atlas
El Caribe
Penn Museum
Forgotten Migrations from the United States to Hispaniola Forgotten Migrations from the United States to Hispaniola by Ryan Mann-Hamilton
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