Africans in Colonial Mexico: Absolutism, Christianity, and Afro-Creole Consciousness, 1570-1640
By
Herman L. Bennett (Author)
Paperback
Available / dispatched within 1 - 4 weeks
Quantity
Description
"This book charts new directions in thinking about the construction of new world identities. . . . Bennett does a masterful job." -Judith A. Byfield, Dartmouth
In this study of the largest population of free and slave Africans in the New World, Herman L. Bennett has uncovered much new information about the lives of slave and free blacks, the ways that their lives were regulated by the government and the Church, the impact upon them of the Inquisition, their legal status in marriage, and their rights and obligations as Christian subjects. 1 bibliog., 1 index CPSIA choking or other US hazard warning - No California Proposition 65 hazard warning necessary
About the Author
Herman L. Bennett is Associate Professor of History at The Graduate Center, CUNY.
More Details
- Contributor: Herman L. Bennett
- Imprint: Indiana University Press
- ISBN13: 9780253217752
- Number of Pages: 228
- Packaged Dimensions: 155x235mm
- Packaged Weight: 435
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Indiana University Press
- Release Date: 2005-02-23
- Series: Blacks in the Diaspora
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Herman L. Bennett is Associate Professor of History at The Graduate Center, CUNY.
Delivery Options
Home Delivery
Store Delivery
Free Returns
We hope you are delighted with everything you buy from us. However, if you are not, we will refund or replace your order up to 30 days after purchase. Terms and exclusions apply; find out more from our Returns and Refunds Policy.