Description
Book SynopsisDuring the eighteenth century, hundreds of thousands of free descendants of Africans in Mexico faced a highly specific obligation to the Spanish crown, a tax based on their genealogy and status. This book examines this tribute to explore the meanings of race, political loyalty, and legal privileges within the Spanish colonial regime.
Trade ReviewAn important study of the internal workings of the late eighteenth-century Spanish viceroyalties, exposing how racial specificity faded away in light of more pressing concerns regarding collecting as much tribute as possible. This book provides new perspectives on the history of race and class, demonstrating that physiognomy and phenotype did not overtake lineage."" - Nicole von Germeten, author of
Black Blood Brothers: Confraternities and Social Mobility for Afro-Mexicans and
Violent Delights, Violent Ends: Sex, Race, and Honor in Colonial Cartagena de IndiasTable of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Tribute and Calidad in the Spanish Empire
- Chapter 2. Revitalization and Reaction: Afromexican Tribute before 1763
- Chapter 3. Sons of Hidalgos or Ringleaders of the Indians? Defining Tributary Genealogies
- Chapter 4. Imperial Knowledge and the Expansion of Tribute
- Chapter 5. Mapping Community on the Afromexican Tribute Register
- Chapter 6. Genealogy and Disputed Tributary Status
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
