Captives of conquest slavery in the early modern Spanish Caribbean /
"Captives of Conquest is one of the first books to examine the earliest indigenous slave trade in the Spanish Caribbean. Erin Woodruff Stone shows that the indigenous population of the region did not simply collapse from disease or warfare. Rather, upwards of 250,000 people were removed through...
| Main Author: | Stone, Erin Woodruff, |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2021]
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| Physical Description: |
235 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Series: |
Early modern Americas.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction. From a "structure of conjuncture to a "shatter zone"
- Migration, exchange, and conquest: slavery in the pre-contact Atlantic
- Two worlds collide: the rise of the Indian slave trade
- The ties that bind: religious orders and Indian caciques on Espąola, 1500-1534
- The search for slaves inspires New World exploration
- Granjer̕as de Indios: the business of indigenous slavery
- Crossroads of slavery: the African slave trade meet the Indian slave trade
- Conclusion. The slow decline of the Indian slave trade
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.