Africans in Colonial Mexico
Author | : Herman L. Bennett |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2005-02-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780253217752 |
ISBN-13 | : 025321775X |
Rating | : 4/5 (75X Downloads) |
Download or read book Africans in Colonial Mexico written by Herman L. Bennett and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2005-02-23 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From secular and ecclesiastical court records, Bennett reconstructs the lives of slave and free blacks, their regulation by the government and by the Church, the impact of the Inquisition, their legal status in marriage and their rights and obligations as Christian subjects.