El Cadejo, Part 2

 El Cadejo are spirits that follow travelers, one black and one white. The black one is perceived as harmful.  The white one is perceived as a protector.

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In many of the guests, the soulfulness of their voices, the movement of their dance, the Afro that was better than mine, made me understand that my speaking English instead of Spanish may well be where a slave ship delivered its cargo.  

Emory University’s Voyages Database contains records on the human trafficking of Africans into the Americas and the Caribbean (http://www.slavevoyages.org).  One can track ship commission dates, ship names, voyage dates, region of slave trade, destinations, and more. The database shows how different traders purchased people from the same region then, distributed them from New York to Argentina as part of international commerce.  – Read Part 3