Fractional Freedoms

Michelle A. (University of Oregon) McKinley

Cambridge University Press, 2016

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How could enslaved women assert legal claims to personhood, wages, and virtue when the law regarded them as mere property? Fractional Freedoms tells the story of enslaved legal actors within the landscape of Hispanic urban slavery, focussing on women who were socially disadvantaged, economically active and extremely litigious.

ISBN-13
9781107168985
ISBN-10
1107168988
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2016
Publication date
2016-10-14
Pages
296
Dimensions
163x237x24
Weight
54