The Black middle: Africans, Mayas, and Spaniards in colonial Yucatan

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Restall,Matthew (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2009
    WorldCat URL:
    http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/9780804749831
    Published:
    Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    ISBN:
    9780804749831;0804749833
    Subject Term:
    History, Blacks, Race relations, Colonialism, Slavery, African people, Spain, Mexico, Central America, and Yucatán Peninsula
    Notes:
    433 p., Based on Spanish and Maya language documents from the 16th through 19th centuries, examines the lives of black African slaves and others of African descent, exploring topics such as slavery and freedom, militia service, family life, witchcraft, and other ways in which Afro-Yucantecans interacted with Mayas and Spaniards.

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