It is not my fault that I am Black: Night has imprinted her mantle over my epidermis. But the bones of my ancestors in the vaults of Cartagena still whiten, for giving freedom to many Whites of black consciences such as yours.
I won't be silenced! I have the right to speak as a representative of the people. Yes, I belong the Black race, redeemed by the Republic, and my duty is to serve those who shattered its yoke.
He died on 22 September 1899 of cystitis infection in his longtime residence le Maison Doré in Bogotá at the age of 49,[2][6] not having married and with no descendants still recovering from the death of his mother earlier that year.[3] His childhood home in Camarones was designated a national monument, and his remains, which had been interred at the Central Cemetery of Bogotá,[2] were transported to be interred at his childhood home which operates as a Cultural House, Library and Training Center.[5][7]
^ abArriaga Copete, Libardo (2002). Cátedra de estudios afrocolombianos: nociones elementales y hechos históricos que se deben conocer para el desarrollo de la Cátedra de Estudios Afrocolombianos, o lo que todos debemos saber sobre los negros [Afro-Colombian Studies: basic concepts and historical facts to be known for the development of the Afro-Colombian Studies, or what we should all know about blacks] (in Spanish). Igasa- Ingenieros Graficos Andinos. p. 176. ISBN978-958-33-3817-5.
^ abc"Acuerdo 47 de 1916" [Accord 47 of 1916] (in Spanish). Bogotá: City Council. 1916-10-10. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
^Gómez Naranjo, Pedro Alejandro (1963). La sal de la historia [The Salt of History] (in Spanish). Bucaramanga: Departamental Press. OCLC4934098.
^Carrillo Pérez, Idayris Yolima; Cotes Mejía, Micael Segundo (2000-02-07). Ley 570 de 2000 [Law 570 of 2000] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Diario Oficial, Congress of Colombia. ISSN1657-6241. Retrieved 2014-12-15.
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