LEADER 04284oam 22005654a 450 001 9910838213803321 005 20240322035420.0 010 $a0-8173-2066-0 035 $a(CKB)5590000000005754 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC28295992 035 $a(OCoLC)1204669073 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse91813 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL28295992 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000005754 100 $a20210507h20202020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMastering the Law$eSlavery and Freedom in the Legal Ecology of the Spanish Empire /$fRicardo Rau?l Salazar Rey 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aTuscaloosa :$cThe University of Alabama Press,$d[2020] 215 $a1 online resource $cillustrations, maps 225 0 $aAtlantic crossings 311 $a0-8173-9316-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index, 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Slavery and the Law in Latin America -- 1. Empire, Province, Law, and Enslaved Afroiberians -- 2. Cases of Faith -- 3. Slaves and the Courts -- 4. Royal Justice -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $a"Atlantic slavery can be overwhelming in its immensity and brutality, as it involved more than 15 million souls forcibly displaced by European imperialism and consumed in building the global economy. Mastering the Law: Slavery and Freedom in the Legal Ecology of the Spanish Empire lays out the deep history of Iberian slavery, explores its role in the Spanish Indies, and shows how Africans and their descendants used and shaped the legal system as they established their place in Iberoamerican society during the seventeenth century. Ricardo Rau?l Salazar Rey places the institution of slavery and the people involved with it at the center of the creation story of Latin America. Iberoamerican customs and laws and the institutions that enforced them provided a common language and a forum to resolve disputes for Spanish subjects, including enslaved and freedpeople. The rules through which Iberian conquerors, settlers, and administrators incorporated Africans into the expanding Empire were developed out of the need of a distant crown to find an enforceable consensus. Africans and their mestizo descendants, in turn, used and therefore molded Spanish institutions to serve their interests.Salazar Rey mined extensively the archives of secular and religious courts, which are full of complex disputes, unexpected subversions, and tactical alliances among enslaved people, freedpeople, and the crown. The narrative unfolds around vignettes that show Afroiberians building their lives while facing exploitation and inequality enforced through violence. Salazar Rey deals mostly with cases originating from Cartagena de Indias, a major Atlantic port city that supported the conquest and rule of the Indies. His work recovers the voices and indomitable ingenuity that enslaved people and their descendants displayed when engaging with the Spanish legal ecology. The social relationships animating the case studies represent the broader African experience in the Americas during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries" 410 0$aAtlantic crossings. 606 $aEnslaved persons$xLegal status, laws, etc$zLatin America$xHistory 606 $aSlavery$xLaw and legislation$zLatin America$xHistory 606 $aEsclavage$xDroit$zAme?rique latine$xHistoire$2ram 606 $aEnslaved persons$xLegal status, laws, etc$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01120565 606 $aSlavery$xLaw and legislation$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01120465 607 $aLatin America$2fast 608 $aHistory.$2fast 615 0$aEnslaved persons$xLegal status, laws, etc.$xHistory. 615 0$aSlavery$xLaw and legislation$xHistory. 615 7$aEsclavage$xDroit$xHistoire. 615 7$aEnslaved persons$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 7$aSlavery$xLaw and legislation. 676 $a342.8087 700 $aSalazar Rey$b Ricardo Rau?l$4aut$01730560 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910838213803321 996 $aMastering the Law$94141777 997 $aUNINA