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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):
- Church records and registers--Puerto Rico.
- Church records and registers.
- Cattle trade--Puerto Rico.
- Cattle trade.
- Slave trade--Puerto Rico--History.
- Slave trade.
- Slavery--Puerto Rico--History.
- Slavery.
- Catholic Church--Puerto Rico.
- Catholic Church.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- 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:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-5066-9
- 0-8130-5519-9
- OCLC:
- 914396991
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