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blacks . Belgrano ' s impression on Afrodescendants became famous . He wrote to San Martin : " Blacks and mulattos are a coward and bloodthirsty rabble (...) It only comforts me to know that white officers are coming ." ( Picotti : 1998 , 97- 98 ). Nevertheless , Afro-descendant Sergeant Juan Bautista Cabral saved San Martin ’ s life in the battle of San
Lorenzo ( 1813 ). Without that sergeant , Miter couldn ’ t have completed his wellknown History of San Martín and the South American Emancipation . Finally , we must rewrite history to begin to recognize , with neither insults nor misrepresentations , the contribution by African descendants to the making of Argentine identity .
Bibliography DE ESTRADA , Marcos ( 1979 ): Argentinos de origen africano [ Argentines of African origin ], Buenos Aires : Eudeba . LANUZA , José L . ( 1967 ): Morenada . Una historia de la raza africana en el Río de la Plata [ Morenada . A History of the African Race in Rio de la Plata ], Buenos Aires : Editorial Schapire . MITRE , Bartolomé ( 1950 ): Historia de San Martín y de la emancipación sudamericana [ History of San Martín and the South American Emancipation ], Buenos Aires : Tor , Tomo 1 , Caps . XII , XIII y XIV , Tomo 2 , Cap . XLXI . PICOTTI , Dina ( 1998 ): La presencia africana en nuestra identidad [ African Presence in Our Identity ], Buenos Aires : Ediciones del Sol .
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