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Puerto Ricans also refer to themselves as Boricuas. This term comes from the word "Boriken" ( Borínquen ) which was what the Taínos called Puerto Rico before the Spaniards arrived.

Puerto Ricans are a mixer of customs and cultures which have truly resulted in a great melting pot. The people who inhabited the island of Puerto Rico at the time of the European landfall were the members of the Taíno tribe. In the 16th century the white Spaniards arrived with their African black slaves. Some of the Spanish and some slaves inter-married with the Taíno. In 1791, the slaves in Haiti, revoted against their white French masters. Many of the French escaped to Puerto Rico via the Dominican Republic and settled in the west coast of the island, especially in Mayaguez. Racial mixing, even before abolition, was more common in Puerto Rico than in Cuba or English colonies. This trend continued after 1873 when the abolition of slaverySlavery is involuntary servitude, enforced by violence or other, clear forms of coercion. It is sometimes regarded as an expectation associated with other relationships, such as marriage and/or other family relations, military service, or debt relationshi in Puerto Rico occured(note that ths date for the abolition of slavery is the date when all slaves were granted freedom, but, before that day and starting on 1837Events January 10 DePauw University founded in Greencastle, Indiana January 26 Michigan is admitted as the 26th U. State February 8 Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate February 11 Americ, the freedom of blacks could always be bought at the time of baptism). At the end of the 19th centuryAlternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical ( 18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801- 1900. Events The Little Ice Age ended Spain permitted the migration of ItaliansThe Italian Republic or Italy ( Italian: Italia is a country in the south of Europe, consisting mainly of a boot-shaped peninsula together with two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia. To the north, where it borders France, Switzer (principaly from CorsicaRegion Corse Details Information Capital: Ajaccio Population Total Density 260 196 1999 30 /km² Area8 680 km² Arrondissements5 Cantons52 Communes360 President of the regional council Camille de Rocca-Serra Departements Corse-du-Sud (2A) Haute-Corse (2B) L) and of the IrishThe island of Ireland ire in Irish, Airlann in Ulster Scots) is the third-largest island in Europe. It lies on the west side of the Irish Sea, close to the island of Great Britain. It is composed of the Republic of Ireland in the south and Northern Irelan to the island. In addition, ChineseA Chinese Puerto Rican is a person who was born in Puerto Rico, but whose ancestors came from China. Chinese people started arriving in Puerto Rico by large numbers during the 19th century. Many of them went to Puerto Rico to work on the island's rail sys started arriving at the island, as rail-road workers, during the 1840sEvents and Trends First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi New Zealand. The treaty between the British Crown and Maori made New Zealand a British colony and is considered the founding point of modern N to 1850s. These groups settled mainly in the southern cities of Puerto Rico. The main idea behind Spain's new immigration policy was to keep the local population from asking for its independence by permitting people whom they believed would be loyal to the Spanish Crown to live in the island. This trend continued after 1898, when Puerto Rico was annexed by the United States after the Spanish-American War, with the migration of Germans and Lebanese. More recent arrivals include inhabitants from nearby islands, including Dominicans and a substantial population of Cuban immigrants after 1959.