2 thoughts on “PLACES”

1. Cindy 01/04/2010 at 11:09 AM

   Costa Rica also has a Black heritage Celebration Tour. Costa Rica is multi-ethnic, with a population that has roots in indigenous
   tribes, Europe and Africa. The ancestors of Costa Ricans with African roots
   arrived in different ways. A small number of African slaves were brought to
   Costa Rica by the Spanish during the Colonial period, but they intermarried
   and lost their black identity. The second migration of blacks was in the
   1870′s when workers from Jamaica and other Caribbean islands were hired by
   Minor Cooper Keith, an American who was given the concession of building a
   railroad from the San Jose capital to Puerto Limon on the Caribbean coast.
   When the railroad went bankrupt, the workers were paid in land along the
   railroad tracks and many found work on the emerging banana plantations of
   the newly-created United Fruit Company. Let me know if you are interested in learning more about this tour.
2. galan05 01/04/2010 at 11:30 AM

   Definitely. Send whatever details you have. And let me know how the response went to the posting on the paris tour.

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