Establishes the central role of AfroPuerto Ricans in the islands history and the creation of its capital city San Juan.Originally published in Spanish in 1985 as part of a book series commissioned by Banco Popular this slim volume makes an invaluable contribution to the history of Black people in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean more broadly. Today San Mateo de Cangrejos is known as Santurcea stylish district in the capital of San Juan birthplace of Harlem Renaissance intellectual and collector Arturo Alfonso Schomburg and home of the Santurce Cangrejeros for which baseball legends Roberto Clemente and Willie Mays once played. Gilberto Aponte Torress brief yet transformative history is not about the feats of such great men but rather the human foundations of this unique municipality.