Taxing Blackness

Norah L.A. Gharala

The University of Alabama Press, 2019

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During 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.

ISBN-13
9780817320072
ISBN-10
0817320075
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press
Year
2019
Publication date
2019-02-19
Pages
336
Dimensions
163x235x33
Weight
654