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Author Sharp, William Frederick, 1941-

Title Slavery on the Spanish frontier : the Colombian Chocó, 1680-1810 / by William Frederick Sharp.

Publication Info. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1976]
©1976

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  986.102 S531S    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xvi, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. The land and its people -- 2. The struggle for conquest: the first two hundred years -- 3. From chaos to colony: the establishment of government in the Chocó -- 4. From mine to smeltery: the problems and methods of gold production in the Chocó -- 5. The Chocó and the cycle of contraband -- 6. Citizen or slave: the Indian in the Chocó -- 7. The black: his presence -- 8. Slavery in the Chocó: law and reality -- 9. Libres, cimarrones, and black resistance -- 10. Mining economics and the profitability of slavery in the Chocó.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 235-243.
Note Includes index.
Subject Slavery -- Colombia -- Chocó -- History.
Gold mines and mining -- Colombia -- Chocó.
Chocó (Colombia) -- Economic conditions.
Chocó (Colombia) -- Social conditions.
Slavernij.
Koloniale periode.
ISBN 0806113758
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