JUDared Celsio Barbosa (1857-1921) wayengudokotela, isazi sezenhlalo kanye nesishoshovu sezepolitiki u-Afro-Puerto Rican. UBarbosa futhi wayengowokuqala ePuerto Rican ukuthola iziqu zobudokotela e-United States.
UBarbosa wazalelwa eBayamon, ePuerto Rico, futhi wathola imfundo yakhe yamabanga aphansi nasesekondari lapho. Ngo-1875 waya eNew York lapho afunda khona isiNgisi kungakapheli unyaka. UBarbosa wayefuna ukuba ngummeli kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi washintsha umqondo, ethonywe udokotela, wanquma ukuba ngudokotela. Ngo-1898, ngenkathi i-United States ibhomba futhi ivimba iSan Juan phakathi neMpi yaseMelika yaseSpain, uBarbosa nabanye odokotela ababehlala eBayamon, bagibela umkhumbi, baya eCatano naseSan Juan. UBarbosa, njengelungu leRed Cross wanakekela amasosha asePuerto Rican naseSpain alimele. Isikebhe uBarbosa nabangane bakhe ababesithathile ukuhlenga abalimele emadolobheni ahlukene sasinqamula izindawo eziyingozi, kwesinye isikhathi babe sengozini yokuqhunyiswa ngamanono. UBarbosa nabangane bakhe babehlotshisiwe futhi bathola imiklomelo eminingana nezindondo ngobuqhawe babo.
NgoJulayi 4, 1899, uBarbosa wasungula iqembu lasePuerto Rican Republican Party ekupheleni kwempi yaseSpain-American, lapho iPuerto Rico yaba yizwe laseMelika, wahlonishwa njengobaba "wenkululeko." lasePuerto Rico ”. Usebenze njengeSenator yokuqala yasePuerto Rican e-United States kusukela ngo-1917 kuya ku-1921. UBarbosa washona ngoJuni 21, 1921 kanti indodakazi yakhe uPillar Barbosa waba yisazi-mlando esidumile esalandela ezinyathelweni zikayise. I-Puerto Rico isimemezele usuku lwayo lokuzalwa (Julayi 27) njengeholide lomphakathi. Indlu yakhe eseBayamon isiphendulwe indawo yokugcina izinto zobuciko lapho kukhonjiswa khona zonke izitifiketi zakhe, izincwadi nemiklomelo.