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Rivers of gold, lives of bondage governing through slavery in colonial Quito

Title: Rivers of gold, lives of bondage [electronic resource] : governing through slavery in colonial Quito / Sherwin K. Bryant.
Author: Bryant, Sherwin K.
Publication: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2014]

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1 online resource (xix, 240 pages) : illustrations, maps.

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Rivers of gold, lives of bondage (Online)

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Rivers of gold, lives of bondage (Online)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contents

Introduction: slavery and governance -- Slavery and colonial development -- Marking bodies: brands, baptism, and the body as text -- Baptism, marriage, and the formation of sacred communities -- Enslaved rebels, fugitives, and litigants -- Conclusion.

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