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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Autore principale: Véronique Benei
Natura: Articolo
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2014-03-01
Serie:Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
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Accesso online:https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/66547