Write a paper about African Slavery in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean •

For the 2-3 page research paper, you will have to select a topic that corresponds to the first eight (8) weeks of the History of Puerto Rico syllabus. Some of these topics can be: • The Amerindian Societies of Borinquen • Spanish Colonialism and Settlement of Puerto Rico • African Slavery in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean • Peasant Societies in Puerto Rico • Nineteenth-Century European Immigration in Puerto Rico • The Abolition of Slavery and the Struggle for Independence • Spain and the Struggle for Puerto Rican Autonomy