TALKING ABOUT THEMSELVES. AFRICANS AND AFRO-DESCENDANTS BEFORE THE COURTS. LIMA, EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

Barrantes M.A. · Temas Americanistas (2023) · DOI: 10.12795/temas-americanistas.2023.i50.04

Resumen

This article explores how Africans and Afro-descendants defended themselves in court from their position as women, enslaved and black. Regarding the historical sources, the laws, the judicial and ecclesiastical records of the Lima archives, the descriptions of the travelers of the time, the opinions of the enlightened intellectuals, mainly have been used

Instituciones: Universidad de Lima