Pablo Sierra Silva’s Groundbreaking Bilingual Book Honored by American Library Association
"Mexico, Slavery, Freedom: A Bilingual Documentary History, 1520–1829" named a 2024 Best Historical Material by ALA—marking the first bilingual documentary reader on Mexican slavery and emancipation.
Former Humanities Center Fellow Pablo Sierra Silva’s new book, Mexico, Slavery, Freedom: A Bilingual Documentary History, 1520–1829, was selected by the American Library Association's for its 2024 Best Historical Materials listing. The book, featuring an introduction and 118 documents in English and Spanish, was curated after a decade of teaching courses on the history of Latin America and the African diaspora at the University of Rochester. This is the first bilingual source reader to be published on Mexican enslavement and freedom. The ALA's review can be found at https://www.ala.org/.../best-historical-materials/2024