ISBN:
9780822977964
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 257 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Pitt Latin American series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als O'Toole, Rachel Sarah Bound lives
DDC:
305.800985
Keywords:
Africans Government relations
;
Indians of South America Colonization
;
Indians of South America Government relations
;
Slavery History
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Caste History
;
Africans Colonization
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Africans ; Peru ; Colonization
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Africans ; Peru ; Government relations
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Caste ; Peru ; History
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Indians of South America ; Peru ; Colonization
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Indians of South America ; Peru ; Government relations
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Peru ; Colonization
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Peru ; Foreign relations ; Spain
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Slavery ; Peru ; History
;
Electronic books
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Peru Foreign relations
;
Peru Colonization
;
Spain Colonies
;
Administration
;
Spain Foreign relations
;
Peru
;
Schwarze
;
Indianer
;
Ethnische Beziehungen
;
Ethnische Identität
;
Kolonialismus
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Geschichte 1600-1800
Abstract:
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 determined one's standing. The imperial legal system also strictly delineated civil rights. Andeans were afforded greater protections as a "threatened" native population. Despite this, with the crown's approval during the rise of the sugar trade, Andeans were driven from their communal property and conscripted into a forced labor program. They soon rebelled, migrating away from the plantations to the highlands. Andeans worked as artisans, muleteers, and laborers for hire, and used their legal status as Indians to gain political representation. As slaves, Africans were subject to the judgments of local authorities, which nearly always sided with the slaveholder. Africans soon articulated a rhetoric of valuation, to protect themselves in disputes with their captors and in slave trading negotiations. To combat the ongoing diaspora from Africa, slaves developed strong kinship ties and offered communal support to the newly arrived. Bound Lives offers an entirely new perspective on racial identities in colonial Peru. It highlights the tenuous interactions of an imperial power, indigenous group, and enslaved population, and shows how each moved to establish its own
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Constructing Casta on Peru's Northern Coast -- Chapter 1. Between Black and Indian Labor Demands and the Crown's Casta -- Chapter 2. Working Slavery's Value, Making Diaspora Kinships -- Chapter 3. Acting as a Legal Indian Natural Vassals and Worrisome Natives -- Chapter 4. Market Exchanges and Meeting the Indians Elsewhere -- Chapter 5. Justice within Slavery -- Conclusion: The Laws of Casta, the Making of Race -- Appendix 1. Origin of Slaves Sold in Trujillo over Time by Percentage (1640-1730) -- Appendix 2. Price Trends of Slaves Sold in Trujillo (1640-1730) -- Explanation of Appendix Data -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
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