Damned Notions of Liberty : Slavery, Culture, and Power in Colonial Mexico, 1640-1769
by Proctor, Frank T., IIIFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-11-15
Publisher(s): Univ of New Mexico Pr
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Summary
When the regular slave trade to New Spain ended, colonial Mexico was the second largest slaveholding society in the New World. However, slaves of African descent in Mexico were surrounded by a larger indigenous majority, and within fifty years there were more free Afro-Mexicans than slaves in the colony.
Author Biography
Frank Proctor is associate professor of history at Denison University. This is his first book.
Table of Contents
| Figures, Tables, and Maps | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Introduction: An Invitation | p. 1 |
| Slave Labor: Demand, Demography, and Work Experiences | p. 13 |
| ôTo Marry in the Holy Mother Churchö: Marriage and Community Formation | p. 37 |
| Black and White Magic: Curanderismo, Race, and Culture | p. 68 |
| ôI Renounce the Virgin Maryö: Mastery, Violence, and Power | p. 95 |
| ôThe Great Escape?ö: Slave Flight and Rebellion | p. 125 |
| ôThe Liberty He Promised Meö: The Complicated Relationship between Slavery and Freedom | p. 152 |
| Conclusion | p. 186 |
| Appendix | p. 191 |
| Notes | p. 209 |
| Bibliograpny | p. 253 |
| Index | p. 273 |
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