LOS AFRO-ARGENTINOS EN LA GACETA MERCANTIL DE BUENOS AIRES (1823-1826).

This article focuses on the analysis of the news related to people of black-African origin contained in La Gaceta Mercantil: diario comercial, politico y literario (La Gaceta Mercantil: commercial, political and literary newspaper) de Buenos Aires during the years from 1823 to 1826. Thus, we examine the reality of Afro-descendants in an Argentina that sought to "whiten" after the 19th century, in order to attract European immigrants. Most of these people were slaves, although there were also free and freedmen. The attempt to whitewash history has resulted in the invisibilization and stigmatization of this human group despite their contribution to the formation of Argentina. For all these reasons, our objective is to recover part of their memory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]