Bound Lives:Africans, Indians, and the Making of Race in Colonial Peru

$29.95

ISBN: 9780822961932
Dewey: 305.800985
LCC Number: F3429.3.G6
Author: Rachel Sarah O'Toole
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Pages: 257
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Description

Bound Lives chronicles the lived experience of race relations in northern coastal Peru during the colonial era. Rachel Sarah O’Toole examines how Andeans and Africans negotiated and employed casta| and in doing so| constructed these racial categories. This study highlights the tenuous interactions of colonial authorities| indigenous communities| and enslaved populations and shows how the interplay between colonial law and daily practice shaped the nature of colonialism and slavery.