The Capital of Free Women

The Capital of Free Women
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 297
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ISBN-10 : 9780300258066
ISBN-13 : 0300258062
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Book Synopsis The Capital of Free Women by : Danielle Terrazas Williams

Download or read book The Capital of Free Women written by Danielle Terrazas Williams and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A restoration of the agency and influence of free African-descended women in colonial Mexico through their traces in archives "A breathtaking study that places free African-descended women at the nexus of questions about religion, commerce, and the law in colonial Mexico. Danielle Terrazas Williams has produced a dazzling and important contribution to the history of women, family, race, and slavery in the Americas."--Sophie White, author of Voices of the Enslaved The Capital of Free Women examines how African-descended women strove for dignity in seventeenth-century Mexico. Free women in central Veracruz, sometimes just one generation removed from slavery, purchased land, ran businesses, managed intergenerational wealth, and owned slaves of African descent. Drawing from archives in Mexico, Spain, and Italy, Danielle Terrazas Williams explores the lives of African-descended women across the economic spectrum, evaluates their elite sensibilities, and challenges notions of race and class in the colonial period.


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