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Slave families and the hato economy in Puerto Rico / David M. Stark.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stark, David Martin, 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church.
- Slavery--Puerto Rico--History.
- Slavery.
- Slave trade--Puerto Rico--History.
- Slave trade.
- Cattle trade--Puerto Rico.
- Cattle trade.
- Church records and registers--Puerto Rico.
- Church records and registers.
- Catholic Church--Puerto Rico.
- History.
- Puerto Rico.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 251 pages : map, charts ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
- Summary:
- This book approaches Caribbean slavery by emphasizing the importance of the hato (herding) economy on Puerto Rico rather than sugar and tobacco production. The author makes use of extensive Catholic parish records.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- An overview of the hato economy
- Demography and slaveholding in the hato economy
- The African slave trade, 1660-1815
- Until death do us part: marriage among slaves
- A self-sustaining population: the family life of slaves
- Conclusion: the emergence of an Afro-Puerto Rican community.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-238) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813060439
- 0813060435
- OCLC:
- 891001476
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