During the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; countless slaves from culturally diverse communities in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia journeyed to Mexico on the ships of the Manila Galleon. Upon arrival in Mexico; they were grouped together and categorized as chinos. Their experience illustrates the interconnectedness of Spain's colonies and the reach of the crown; which brought people together from Africa; the Americas; Asia and Europe in a historically unprecedented way. In time; chinos in Mexico came to be treated under the law as Indians; becoming indigenous vassals of the Spanish crown after 1672. The implications of this legal change were enormous: as Indians; rather than chinos; they could no longer be held as slaves. Tatiana Seijas tracks chinos' complex journey from the slave market in Manila to the streets of Mexico City; and from bondage to liberty. In doing so; she challenges commonly held assumptions about the uniformity of the slave experience in the Americas.
#3632441 in Books Thomas Hippler 2013-09-30Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.98 x .79 x 5.98l; 1.15 #File Name: 1107037948291 pagesBombing the People Giulio Douhet and the Foundations of Air Power Strategy 1884 1939 Cambridge Military Histories
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