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Taxing Blackness : free Afromexican tribute in Bourbon New Spain /

History in North, Central and South Americas. In the Bourbon New Spain (Mexico), taxes, including those from Mexicans of African descent who were free, were a rich, reliable source of revenue for the Crown. Taxing Blackness examines the experiences of Afromexicans and this tribute to get at the mean...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gharala, Norah L. A. (Norah Linda Andrews), 1985- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2019]
Series:Atlantic crossings.
Subjects:
Free blacks > Mexico > Economic conditions > 18th century.
Free blacks > Mexico > Social conditions > 18th century.
Free blacks > Mexico > Genealogy.
Taxation > Mexico > History > 18th century.
Allegiance > Economic aspects > Mexico > History > 18th century.
Social status > Mexico > History > 18th century.
Mexico > Economic conditions > 18th century.
Mexico > Race relations > History > 18th century.
Mexico > History > Spanish colony, 1540-1810.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Tribute and Calidad in the Spanish Empire
  • Revitalization and reaction : Afromexican tribute before 1763
  • Sons of Hidalgos or ringleaders of the Indians? : defining tributary genealogies
  • Imperial knowledge and the expansion of tribute
  • Mapping community on the Afromexican tribute register
  • Genealogy and disputed tributary status
  • Conclusion.