Global Indios: The Indigenous Struggle for Justice in Sixteenth-Century Spain (Narrating Native Histories)

Global Indios: The Indigenous Struggle for Justice in Sixteenth-Century Spain (Narrating Native Histories)

by NancyE.vanDeusen (Author)

Synopsis

Nancy van Deusen examines over one hundred lawsuits that indio slaves brought to the Spanish court in the mid-sixteenth century to gain their freedom. The category indio was largely constructed during these lawsuits, and van Deusen emphasizes the need to situate colonial indigenous subjects and slavery in a global context.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 352
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
Published: 10 Apr 2015

ISBN 10: 0822358581
ISBN 13: 9780822358589