The corsair, the bishop, the governor and the runaways: Negotiating slavery in early eighteenth century Santa Marta, New Granada
Through the story of a corsair excommunicated by the bishop of Santa Marta after four blacks fled from his ship claiming free status, I show how the practice of corso in the eighteenth century revolved around, and contributed to the sustenance of an illegal and necessary local economy, with slaves a...
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Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
2014-03-01
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| Series: | Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/66547 |
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