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Mountain Uprising: Afro-Puerto Ricans Strike for Freedom
On the night of September 23, 1868, hundreds of Puerto Rican rebels gathered in the mountain town of Lares. Many were Afro-Puerto Ricans and formerly enslaved people who had endured centuries under Spanish colonial rule....
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