Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Atlantic

"An intellectual history exploring how free and enslaved Black people in the early Atlantic conceptualized and contested ideas about slavery and freedom. It will be of interest to students and scholars interested in Atlantic history, Latin American history, the history of communication, and intellectual history"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Proving Freedom: Documenting Alhorría; 2. Imagining Freedom: Black Atlantic Communities in Sevilla; 3. Purchasing Freedom: Economics of Liberty in New Spain; 4. Defining Freedom: Infrastructures of Black Political knowledge between Sevilla & Mexico City; 5. Reclaiming Freedom: The Illegitimacy of Slavery in Black Thought; 6. Practicing Freedom: Documenting Capital; Coda: Felipa de la Cruz's World & Letters.

About the author

Chloe L. Ireton is Lecturer in the History of Iberia and the Iberian World 1500–1800 in the Department of History at University College London, and a current British Academy Wolfson Fellow. This is her first book.

Product details

• Authors: Chloe L Ireton, Chloe L. Ireton, Chloe L. (University College London) Ireton
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2024
• EAN: 9781009533485
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0953348-5
• No. of pages: 340
• Series: Afro-Latin America
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Mexico, History of Ideas, Spain, HISTORY / Latin America / General, African History, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Black & Asian Studies, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Relating to people of the African diasporas / heritage