Afro-Argentines
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Afro-Argentines, also known as Black Argentines, are Argentines who have predominantly or total Sub-Saharan African ancestry. The Afro-Argentine population is the result of people being brought over d
Afro-Argentines representing Senegal during a 2010 Day of the Immigrants celebration in Buenos Aires
Statue of "Slavery" also known as "The Slave", Francisco Cafferata, in the Parque Tres de Febrero, Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
In the background is the citadel, flying the newly designed Argentine flag. In the foreground Afro-Argentine women are washing clothes in the river.
Afro-Argentine family of Buenos Aires, 1908
Immigration to Argentina
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The history of immigration to Argentina can be divided into several major stages:
Massive European and Levantine immigration to Argentina, late 19th century.
Immigrants' Hotel, Buenos Aires. Built in 1906, it could accommodate up to 4,000.
Copy of a colonization contract in the history museum of San José, Entre Ríos
A statue honoring the immigrants, in Rosario