Title Urban slavery in colonial Mexico : Puebla de los Ángeles, 1531-1706 / Pablo Miguel Sierra Silva

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 226 pages) : illustration, maps Series Cambridge Latin American Studies ; v. 109 Cambridge Latin American studies ; 109. Contents Early Puebla and the question of labor, 1531-1570 -- Ambition and agency in the obraje -- Captive souls: nuns and slaves in the convents of Puebla -- The Puebla slave market, 1600-1700 -- Life in the big city: mobility, social networks and family -- The other market: commerce and opportunity Summary Using the city of Puebla de los Ángeles, the second-largest urban center in colonial Mexico (viceroyalty of New Spain), Pablo Miguel Sierra Silva investigates Spaniards' imposition of slavery on Africans, Asians, and their families. He analyzes the experiences of these slaves in four distinct urban settings: the marketplace, the convent, the textile mill, and the elite residence. In so doing, Urban Slavery in Colonial Mexico advances a new understanding of how, when, and why transatlantic and transpacific merchant networks converged in Central Mexico during the seventeenth century. As a social and cultural history, it also addresses how enslaved people formed social networks to contest their bondage. Sierra Silva challenges readers to understand the everyday nature of urban slavery and engages the rich Spanish and indigenous history of the Puebla region while intertwining it with African diaspora studies Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-222) and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed July 22, 2020) Subject Slavery -- Mexico -- Puebla de Zaragoza -- History -- 16th century Slavery -- Mexico -- Puebla de Zaragoza -- History -- 17th century Enslaved persons -- Social networks -- Mexico -- Puebla de Zaragoza -- History Black people -- Mexico -- Puebla de Zaragoza -- History Asians -- Mexico -- Puebla de Zaragoza -- History POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Black people Asians International economic relations Slavery SUBJECT Puebla de Zaragoza (Mexico) -- History -- 16th century Puebla de Zaragoza (Mexico) -- History -- 17th century Mexico -- Foreign economic relations Subject Mexico Mexico -- Puebla de Zaragoza Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781108330992 1108330991 9781108304245 1108304249 110841981X 9781108419819 1108329551 9781108329552

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