ISBN:
0817392203
,
9780817392208
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
Atlantic crossings
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Gharala, Norah L. A. (Norah Linda Andrews), 1985- Taxing blackness
DDC:
305.800972
Keywords:
Taxation History 18th century
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Allegiance Economic aspects 18th century
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History
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Social status History 18th century
;
Free blacks Genealogy
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Free blacks Economic conditions 18th century
;
Free blacks Social conditions 18th century
;
Free blacks
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Race relations
;
Social status
;
Taxation
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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Economic history
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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Genealogy
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History
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Mexico Race relations 18th century
;
History
;
Mexico History Spanish colony, 1540-1810
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Mexico Economic conditions 18th century
;
Mexico
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Tribute and calidad in the Spanish Empire -- Revitalization and reaction : Afromexican tribute before 1763 -- Sons of Hidalgos or ringleaders of the Indians : defining tributary genealogies -- Imperial knowledge and the expansion of tribute -- Mapping community on the Afromexican tribute register -- Genealogy and disputed tributary status
Abstract:
"History in North, Central, and South Americas. In the Bourbon New Spain (Mexico), taxes, including those from Mexicans of African descent who were free, were a rich, reliable source of revenue for the Crown. Taxing Blackness examines the experiences of Afromexicans and this tribute to get at the meanings of race, political loyalty, and legal privileges within the Spanish colonial regime. Gharala focuses on both the mechanisms officials used to define the status of free people of African descent as well as the responses of free-colored people to these categories and strategies. Her study spans the eighteenth century and focuses on a single institution to offer readers a closer look at the place of free-colored people in Mexico, which was the most profitable and populous colony of the Spanish Atlantic"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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