Angolan Argentines
These slaves were sold in ports, some were there and others were sent to the interior, where Cordoba, San Miguel de Tucuman and Salta were featured markets.Slaves worked on farms and ranches, were employed as domestic servants for wealthy families in cities or as workers in bakeries, mills, brick factories, and workshops of artisans.With the Revolutionary War, slave men were presented with an opportunity: those who entered the army had the promise of free exit to terminate service.In the colonial period, free blacks gathered in "nations" that grouped people who had been captured in the same region.After independence was replaced by "African Societies", controlled by the State, which raised funds to purchase the freedom of slaves, made loans, organized masses for the ancestors, and performed dances that recreated the bonds of community.