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Fractional Freedoms: Slavery, Intimacy, and Legal Mobilization in Colonial Lima, 1600–1700 - Studies in Legal History
McKinley, Michelle A. (University of Oregon)
Fractional Freedoms: Slavery, Intimacy, and Legal Mobilization in Colonial Lima, 1600–1700 - Studies in Legal History
McKinley, Michelle A. (University of Oregon)
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.
294 pages, 1 b/w illus. 4 maps 16 tables
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | April 26, 2018 |
ISBN13 | 9781316620106 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 294 |
Dimensions | 228 × 153 × 24 mm · 460 g |
Language | English |