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Rivers of Gold, Lives of Bondage: Governing Through Slavery in Colonial Quito
Sherwin K. Bryant
Rivers of Gold, Lives of Bondage: Governing Through Slavery in Colonial Quito
Rivers of Gold, Lives of Bondage: Governing Through Slavery in Colonial Quito
Sherwin K. Bryant
Descripción
In this pioneering study of slavery in colonial Ecuador and southern Colombia--Spain's Kingdom of Quito--Sherwin Bryant argues that the most fundamental dimension of slavery was governance and the extension of imperial power. Bryant shows that enslaved black captives were foundational to sixteenth-century royal claims on the Americas and elemental to the process of Spanish colonization. Following enslaved Africans from their arrival at the Caribbean port of Cartagena through their journey to Quito, Bryant explores how they lived during their captivity, formed kinships and communal affinities, and pressed for justice within a slave-based Catholic sovereign community.
In Cartagena, officials branded African captives with the royal insignia and gave them a Catholic baptism, marking slaves as projections of royal authority and majesty. By licensing and governing Quito's slave trade, the crown claimed sovereignty over slavery, new territories, natural resources, and markets. By adjudicating slavery, royal authorities claimed to govern not only slaves but other colonial subjects as well. Expanding the diaspora paradigm beyond the Atlantic, Bryant's history of the Afro-Andes in the early modern world suggests new answers to the question, what is a slave? In this pioneering study of slavery in colonial Ecuador and southern Colombia--Spain's Kingdom of Quito--Sherwin K. Bryant argues that the most fundamental dimension of slavery was governance and the extension of imperial power. Bryant shows that enslaved black captives were foundational to sixteenth-century royal claims on the Americas and elemental to the process of Spanish colonization. Following enslaved Africans from their arrival at the Caribbean port of Cartagena through their journey to Quito, Bryant explores how they lived during their captivity, formed kinships and communal affinities, and pressed for justice within a slave-based Catholic sovereign community.
In Cartagena, officials branded African captives with the royal insignia and gave them a Catholic baptism, marking slaves as projections of royal authority and majesty. By licensing and governing Quito's slave trade, the crown claimed sovereignty over slavery, new territories, natural resources, and markets. By adjudicating slavery, royal authorities claimed to govern not only slaves but other colonial subjects as well. Expanding the diaspora paradigm beyond the Atlantic, Bryant's history of the Afro-Andes in the early modern world suggests new answers to the question, what is a slave? In this pioneering study of slavery in colonial Ecuador and southern Colombia--Spain's Kingdom of Quito--Sherwin K. Bryant argues that the most fundamental dimension of slavery was governance and the extension of imperial power. Bryant shows that enslaved black captives were foundational to sixteenth-century royal claims on the Americas and elemental to the process of Spanish colonization. Following enslaved Africans from their arrival at the Caribbean port of Cartagena through their journey to Quito, Bryant explores how they lived during their captivity, formed kinships and communal affinities, and pressed for justice within a slave-based Catholic sovereign community.
Detalles
| Formato | Tapa suave |
| Número de Páginas | 264 |
| Lenguaje | Inglés |
| Editorial | University of North Carolina Press |
| Fecha de Publicación | 2018-08-01 |
| Dimensiones | 9.21" x 6.14" x 0.6" pulgadas |
| Letra Grande | No |
| Con Ilustraciones | Si |
| Temas | Histórico, América Latina, Nativo Americano |
Acerca del Autor
Bryant, Sherwin K.
Sherwin K. Bryant is associate professor of African American studies and history at Northwestern University.Garantía & Otros
| Garantía: | 30 dias por defectos de fabrica |
| Peso: | 0.408 kg |
| SKU: | 9781469645667 |
| Publicado en Unimart.com: | 01/11/23 |
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