ACLS Humanities E-Book: The Virgin, the king, and the royal slaves of El Cobre: negotiating freedom in colonial Cuba, 1670-1780

The Virgin, the king, and the royal slaves of El Cobre: negotiating freedom in colonial Cuba, 1670-1780

Díaz, María Elena, 1955-

Year: 2000.

Publisher: Stanford University Press.

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table of contents

Frontmatter

List of Illustrations

Preamble

Introduction

1 From African Slaves to Creole Royal Slaves: Demographic and Cultural Transformations

2 Slavery to the King: Shaping Social Identity

3 An Unusual Proposal

4 The Virgin in Local History

5 Remaking a Marian Tradition

6 A Mainly Farming Village

7 Owning Personal Slaves: An Extreme Instance of the Right to Property and to Familial Legacies

8 Copper Mining: A Small, Independent, and Predominately Female Local Industry

9 The Unbreachable Burdens of Bondage: Laboring as the King's Slaves

10 Local Government and Politics

11 Reaching the King: Colonial Courts and Politics

Conclusion

Epilogue

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Appendix 4

Appendix 5

Appendix 6

Notes

Works Cited

Index

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Title:

The Virgin, the king, and the royal slaves of El Cobre : negotiating freedom in colonial Cuba, 1670-1780 / María Elena Díaz.

Author:

Díaz, María Elena, 1955-

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The Virgin, the king, and the royal slaves of El Cobre : negotiating freedom in colonial Cuba, 1670-1780 / María Elena Díaz.
Díaz, María Elena, 1955-
Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2000.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.04573

Subject Headings:

• Slavery -- Cuba -- El Cobre -- History
• Caridad, Virgen de la
• El Cobre (Cuba) -- Social conditions

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