The Inquisition's Gambit : Making Wealth and Race in Cartagena de Indias.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silva Campo, Ana Maria.

Series:

The Early Modern Americas Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inquisition--Colombia--Cartagena--History.

Inquisition.

Slave trade--Colombia--Cartagena--History.

Slave trade.

Confiscations--Colombia--Cartagena--History.

Confiscations.

Race discrimination--Colombia--Cartagena--History.

Race discrimination.

Property--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Property.

Women, Black--Colombia--Cartagena--History.

Women, Black.

Jews, Portuguese--Colombia--Cartagena--History.

Jews, Portuguese.

Cartagena (Colombia)--Church history.

Cartagena (Colombia).

Cartagena (Colombia)--Economic conditions--History.

Cartagena (Colombia)--Race relations--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2026.

Summary:

No detailed description available for "The Inquisition's Gambit".

Contents:

Introduction. The Balancing of souls and alms in Cartagena

Chapter 1. Spiritual (and other) currency : how the trade in African captives limited the Inquisition's power

Chapter 2. Accusations of witchcraft : how the Inquisition uprooted Black women property owners in support of a Christian economy

Chapter 3. Unusual acquittals : how old and new Christians sustained and benefited from the trade in African captives

Chapter 4. Converting "purity of blood" into generational wealth : how an Inquisition notary partnered with a suspected heretic to profit from the trade in African captives

Chapter 5. Malodorous Getsemaní : how the civil courts upheld the Catholic order and ruled in favor of a tannery

Chapter 6. Generational claims : how the Inquisition made freeborn Palenque residents into property

Epilogue. The Inquisition under siege.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5128-3003-8

OCLC:

1589316043