Bound Lives Africans, Indians, and the Making of Race in Colonial Peru

Name: Bound Lives Africans, Indians, and the Making of Race in Colonial Peru
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ISBN: 9780822961932

ISBN-10: 0822961938

ISBN-13: 9780822961932

Edition: 2012

Authors: Rachel Sarah O'Toole

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Bound Lives chronicles the lived experience of race relations in northern coastal Peru during the colonial era. Rachel Sarah O’Toole examines the construction of a casta (caste) system under the Spanish government, and how this system was negotiated and employed by Andeans and Africans.Royal and viceregal authorities defined legal identities of “Indian” and “Black” to separate the two groups and commit each to specific trades and labor. Although they were legally divided, Andeans and Africans freely interacted and depended on each other in their daily lives. Thus, the caste system was defined at both the top and bottom of society. Within each caste, there were myriad subcategories that also…

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List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication date: 5/15/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Constructing Casta on Peru's Northern Coast



Between Black and Indian: Labor Demands and the Crown's Casta



Working Slavery's Value, Making Diaspora Kinships



Acting as a Legal Indian: Natural Vassals and Worrisome Natives



Market Exchanges and Meeting the Indians Elsewhere



Justice within Slavery


Conclusion. The Laws of Casta, the Making of Race



Origin of Slaves Sold in Trujillo over Time by Percentage (1640-1730)



Price Trends of Slaves Sold in Trujillo (1640-1730)


Explanation of Appendix Data


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index