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Rivers of gold, lives of bondage

Bryant, Sherwin K.

Rivers of gold, lives of bondage governing through slavery in colonial Quito / [electronic resource] : Sherwin K. Bryant. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2014] - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: slavery and governance -- Slavery and colonial development -- Marking bodies: brands, baptism, and the body as text -- Baptism, marriage, and the formation of sacred communities -- Enslaved rebels, fugitives, and litigants -- Conclusion.

9781469608259


Africans--History.--Quito (Audiencia)
Slaves--Colonization--History.--Quito (Audiencia)
Slavery--History.--Quito (Audiencia)


Quito (Audiencia)--History.
Quito (Audiencia)--Politics and government.


Electronic books.

HT1136.Q58 / B79 2014