African maroons in sixteenth-century Panama : a history in documents / edited by Robert C. Schwaller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schwaller, Robert C., 1981- editor.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Maroons--Panama--History--16th century--Sources.

Maroons.

Black people--Panama--History--16th century--Sources.

Black people.

Slavery--Panama--History--16th century--Sources.

Slavery.

Slave rebellions--Panama--History--16th century--Sources.

Slave rebellions.

History.

Panama--History--To 1903--Sources.

Panama.

Genre:

History.

Sources.

Physical Description:

xvii, 285 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 23 cm

Other Title:

African maroons in 16th century Panama

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Historical exploration of African resistance to slavery in the sixteenth century in Spanish Panama through a selection of primary sources documenting Spanish-maroon conflict, from which the maroons succeeded in negotiating peace with Spanish authorities and established the first two free-black towns in the Americas"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Early Maroons through the First Bayano War (1530s

1550s)

1. Royal Cedula Authorizing Rewards for Capturing Maroons, April 29, 1536

2. Francisco Carreno's Account of Felipillo's 1549 Revolt (1562)

3. Information Presented by Nombre de Dios, August 24, 1551

4. Alvaro de Sosa to the Crown, May 15, 1553

5. Francisco Carreno's 1554 Expedition against Bayano (1562)

6. Alvaro de Sosa to the Crown, April 4, 1555

7. Excerpts from Pedro de Aguado's Historia de Venezuela Describing the War against King Bayano, ca. 1556 (1581)

pt. II Maroon Resurgence (1560s

1570s)

8. Governor Luis de Guzman to the Crown, August 28, 1562

9. Attack on Pedro Gonzalez de Meceta, September 1569

10. Licenciado Carasa, Fiscal of the Audiencia of Panama, to the Crown, March 31, 1570

11. Licenciado Diego de Vera to the Crown, August 1, 1570

12. The Cabildo of Panama City to the Crown, May 25, 1571

13. Panama City Slave Ordinances (1570

1572)

pt. III The Second Bayano War: Maroons and the English (1572

1578)

14. Excerpts from "Sir Francis Drake Revived," Drake's Alliance with Maroons, January 1573

15. The Cabildo of Panama to the Crown, February 24, 1573

16. Excerpts from "Sir Francis Drake Revived," Drake's Final Attack, April 1573

17. Cristobal Monte's Report on Drake's April Raid (1573)

18. The Cabildo of Nombre de Dios to the Crown, May 14, 1573

19. Royal Cedula in Which His Majesty Orders Pedro Menendez to Wage War, September 3, 1573

20. Pedro de Ortega Valencia to the Crown, November 1, 1573

21. Royal Cedula concerning the Peaceful Surrender of Negros Cimarrones, June 21, 1574

22. Act concerning Pardon for Negros Cimarrones, February 28, 1575

23. The Audiencia to the Crown, May 6, 1575

24. Lopez Vaz's Account of John Oxenham's 1576 Expedition (1586)

25. The Cabildo of Panama to the Crown, April 26, 1577

26. Dr. Loarte to the Crown, April 26, 1577

27. The City of Panama to the Crown, June 7, 1577

28. Dr. Loarte to Viceroy Toledo, June 8, 1577

29. Dr. Loarte to the Crown, September 5, 1577

30. Diego de Frias Trejo to the Crown, October 21, 1577

31. Excerpts from the Questioning of John Oxenham, October 20, 1577

32. Diego de Frias Trejo to the Crown, December 7, 1577

33. Diego de Frias Trejo to the Crown, February 18, 1578

34. Dr. Criado de Castilla to the Crown, May 12, 1578

35. Diego de Frias Trejo to the Crown, May 15, 1578

pt. IV The Second Bayano War: Tenuous Negotiations (1579

1582)

36. Royal Cedula Ordering War with Negros Cimarrones, May 25, 1578

37. Deposition of Anton Criollo, June 24, 1578

38. Pedro de Ortega Valencia to the Crown, June 14, 1579

39. Testimony of Rodrigo Hernandez, Dean of the Cathedral, August 30, 1580

40. Negros of Portobelo Approach the Audiencia, March 11, 1579

41. Act Relating to the Negros of the Cerro de Cabra, April 27, 1579

42. Arrival of Negros from the Cerro de Cabra to Surrender to Royal Authority, May 2, 1579

43. Concession of Liberty to Certain Negros and Negras from Cerro de Cabra, May 16, 1579

44. Arrival of Don Luis Macanbique in Panama City, June 19, 1579

45. Rendition of Don Luis Macanbique and the Cimarrones of Puertobelo, June 30, 1579

46. Treaty with Don Luis Macanbique and Ordinances for Santiago del Principe, September 20, 1579

47. Account of Captain Antonio de Salcedo in Portobelo, September 28, 1579

48. Dr. Villanueva Zapata to the Crown, October 2, 1579

49. Census of the Residents of Santiago del Principe, October 6, 1580

50. Juan de Vivero, Treasurer, to the Crown, February 28, 1581

51. President Cepeda to the Crown, February 25, 1581

52. President Cepeda to the Crown, May 22, 1581

53. Account and List of Negros Cimarrones, May 20, 1581

54. The Audiencia to the Crown, December 24, 1581

55. Pedro Gonzalez de Meceta to Dr. Criado de Castilla, December 22, 1581

pt. V Spanish-Maroon Peace and Its Aftermath (1581

1620s)

56. Act in Which the Negros of the Bayano Were Welcomed in Peace, December 29, 1581

57. Account of the Foundation of Santa Cruz la Real, January-February, 1582

58. Deposition of Juan Vaquero, May 3, 1582

59. Deposition of Anton Mandinga, August 25, 1582

60. Deposition of Juan Vaquero, September 28, 1582

61. Questioning of Macatanba, September 28, 1582.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-270) and index.

ISBN:

9780806169330

0806169338

OCLC:

1240831175

Publisher Number:

99988845717

40030730391