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Hi ppl i was wondering if anyone could answer this question if any one from south america could answer this question for me. I traveled the south pacific to many islands and my search through the south pacific took me to a small island called Raratonga my time in Raratonga i found and uncovered information that the general visiting tourist was not ment to no. I noticed alot of the women looked very south american Al most like u were in south America at times i found this bizarre and began to notice similarities. In the music shops the top selling records was reggy music so i began to wonder.

By (Deleted user) on Mar 25, 2006, 09:23 in Friendly Talkzone.

expatriate says on Mar 25, 2006, 11:59:

You read a book? I didn't think that you could read, based upon your spelling.

Also, why would anything you said above belong in a forum about Colombia?

In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upwardly mobile.

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kernow62 says on Mar 25, 2006, 17:18:

Since you read a book, perhaps you can tell me when Peru was ever part of Gran Colombia?

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kernow62 says on Mar 25, 2006, 17:43:

I think you might have read the book backwards, not from back to front.... rather ass backwards. The slaves were taken from Rarotonga to Peru in the mid 1800s, not the other way around.

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kernow62 says on Mar 26, 2006, 04:41:

I read the article and it still doesn't say that Peru was part of Colombia. Anyway, the slave market was an illegal one, that said it doesn't imply that Bolivar condoned it. However it should be pointed out that the last slaves in Peru were not freed until 1854, long after Bolivar's death. It may of been his vision to abolish slavery, but obviously it wasn't that simple as very few countries abolished slavery in his lifetime. Haiti being the first country to abolish slavery. I think the slavers operated illegally until 1863, so just because legal slavery is abolished, it does not put an end to the illegal trade. I cannot find a reference to Peruvian slavers in the islands as early as 1823, all references I find show dates in the 1860s. Which would obviously mean it was an illegal slave trade. If you still have the book, re-read it and confirm that the slaves were islanders taken to Peru, rather than the way you stated. I want to learn too, so I am interested in the book, the title, author, year published etc. Perhaps this book should be a read for both of us. Slavers in Paradise by H. E. Maude, Stanford University Press, 1981. Here's a seemingly well-researched article for you to peruse.

http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-CroLan-c6-2.html

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