"Dios y el Rey son contentos que los siervos lleguen a su libertad". Slaves and Defensores de Pobres in Late Colonial Buenos Aires
Hispanic American historiography has systematically explored how slaves during colonial times resorted to the justices in order to mitigate the abuses that suffered from their masters. The present article proposes to investigate –through the analysis of 41 judicial records- a barely addressed issue...
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Grupo Prohistoria
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://ojs.rosario-conicet.gov.ar/index.php/prohistoria/article/view/1096 |
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| Sumario: | Hispanic American historiography has systematically explored how slaves during colonial times resorted to the justices in order to mitigate the abuses that suffered from their masters. The present article proposes to investigate –through the analysis of 41 judicial records- a barely addressed issue within the framework of this major problem. The nature of the legal sponsorship that enslaved Africans and Afro-descendants received in Buenos Aires by a special Justice Officer: the “regidor defensor general de pobres” of the city council, who carried out this function on a regular basis between 1776 and 1810. |
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