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60 ABBOTT'S MONTHLY [[image]] Corpus Christi Day In Trinidad [[caption]] This picture shows native girls dressed in white with veils taking part in the annual Roman Catholic procession through Trinidad, British West Indies, on the day of Corpus Christi. The great majority of the natives are Catholics and huge crowds attend all such religious ceremonies as this [[/caption]] [[photo credit]] -Photo by Paul for May, 1931 61 - What Books Tell Us - (Continued from page 45) - Portuguese came in handy by diverting and increasing the African trade after the ruling Roman Pontiff had settled the sea zones or line of demarcation. However, the African Negro in the conquest and colonization of America is as much entitled to bask in the sunshine of reflected glory as the white man, whose only instrument he brought with him was the sword in the form of a cross. "If the Negroes had carried a memorandum book in their minds of the historical achievements performed in America, every unbeliever would have obtained the exact reference of his doing, no matter how inconvenient it might have been. The Negro never had words of reproach against his instructors and murderers. Seldom did they even make indirect allusion to any of the colonials. They could have been mistaken in remembrances but seldom did they fib knowing for they had a great respect for their superiors." Such are the characterizations given by Señor Rossi, we might as well let him tell the story. "THE sound of the word Tango was heard in La Plata from the sad days of the colony, it was the name the African Negroes gave to their percussion instruments. In the early days it was called the Tango of the Negroes. During 1808 at a place not far from Montevideo the overseer Elias was called upon to close a building and prohibit the 'Tango of the Negroes' because of the noise and pandemonium that generally raised, added to this the late hours that kept them from reporting early to labor the next day." It does seem from the outset that the revelations deal exclusively with the origin of the Tango, but there is much truth in this book that is not palatable to the Nordics. The Argentine Tango was the creation of African Negroes domiciled in South America, to this the author adds the Milonga, the Maxixe and others. They were brought from Africa and developed further by black people. In those days the white man was entirely disinterested in the things that made the African happy in a new land. Rossi's information is buttressed with data and musical scores that is really a revelation for the eyes to feast. THE Jazz bands of the North American Negroes come in for much praise, having disregarded the sterner rules of musical composition to evolve something highly enjoyable that has taken the world by storm. We know from our researches and investigations that many Negroes lived in the Argentine Republic. The Spaniards also took them across Panama into Peru and Chile, both in peaceful and warlike adventures. Some historians claim there were no Africans in Chile, but what really has taken place is, with Negro immigration suspended no new blood came to replenish what was in the country, the fusion of those that were there by degrees and then a general absorption has evolved a type of South American that is admired for having the good of one and the bad of the other. From the writings of Señor Domingo A. Solar we quote, "There were men of color from the first days of the XVI, XVII, XVIII and in the beginning of the XIX centuries in Chile, who gave splendid services as laborers in the field, the mines, in the industries and factories and as domestic servants in the urban and rural homes. "THE first notable introduction was that of Diego de Almagro in 1536 when he brought 150 Negroes valued each at 200 dollars in gold. In 1541 the city hall records show a Negro called Domingo whose master was Juan Negrete, who held the position of overseer and whose master had the power to recieve his pay. The soldier Juan Valiente, another Negro, ran away from Mexico and fought against the Araucan Indians. As late as 1620 there were known to be living in Chile some 2,500 Negroes. The Society of Jesus was one of the religious corporations in Chile during the year 1757 having the largest number of slaves, over 2,000 on their farms and institutions, later some were shipped to Peru by orders from the Viceroy and still others sold at public auctions. At this period the price had increased to 450 dollars in - [[advertisement]] Hampton Institute Summer School for Teachers First Semester Second Semester June 17th to July 27th to July 24th September 2nd For Bulletin Address: Summer Session HAMPTON INSTITUTE, VIRGINIA [[/advertisement]] - [[advertisement]] HOWARD UNIVERSITY Washington, D. C. SUMMER SESSION July 1, to August 12, 1931 Offers Sixty-one Academic Courses to Classified and Unclassified Students, and to Auditors, by a staff of regular University teachers, together with complete facilities of the University plant, including Library, Laboratories, Cafeteria, Dormitories, Social Halls, Gymnasium, Swimming Pool, Tennis Courts, and Play Grounds. 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