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Taxing blackness : free Afromexican tribute in Bourbon New Spain

Gharala, Norah L. A. (Norah Linda Andrews), 1985- author

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\"History in North, Central, and South Americas. In the Bourbon New Spain (Mexico), taxes, including those from Mexicans of African descent who were free, were a rich, reliable source of revenue for the Crown. Taxing Blackness examines the experiences of Afromexicans and this tribute to get at the meanings of race, political loyalty, and legal privileges within the Spanish colonial regime. Gharala focuses on both the mechanisms officials used to define the status of free people of African descent as well as the responses of free-colored people to these categories and strategies. Her study spans the eighteenth century and focuses on a single institution to offer readers a closer look at the place of free-colored people in Mexico, which was the most profitable and populous colony of the Spanish Atlantic\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Subject: Free blacks Mexico Economic conditions 18th century. / Free blacks Mexico Social conditions 18th century. / Free blacks Mexico Genealogy. / Taxation Mexico History 18th century. / Allegiance Economic aspects Mexico History 18th century. / Social status Mexico History 18th century. / Mexico Economic conditions 18th century. / Mexico Race relations History 18th century. / Mexico History Spanish colony, 1540-1810.
• ISBN: 9780817320072

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
F1392.B55 G47 2019	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE