Title Fractional freedoms : slavery, intimacy, and legal mobilization in colonial Lima, 1600-1700 / Michelle A. McKinley, University of Oregon

Published New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016 ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 282 pages) : illustrations Series Studies in legal history Studies in legal history. Contents Introduction -- Litigating Liberty -- Conjugal Chains -- Dangerous Dependencies -- Freedom at the Font -- Till Death Do Us Part -- Buyer Beware -- Conclusion Summary Fractional Freedoms examines paths to liberty forged in the slaveowning household, and legal claims brought by slaves in colonial Lima Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Slavery -- Law and legislation -- Peru -- Lima -- History -- 17th century Enslaved women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Peru -- Lima -- History -- 17th century Marriage law -- Peru -- Lima -- History -- 17th century LAW -- Constitutional. LAW -- Public. Marriage law Slavery -- Law and legislation Slavery -- Law and legislation -- Peru -- Lima -- History -- 17th century. Enslaved women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Peru -- Lima. Enslaved women -- Peru -- Lima -- History -- 17th century. Marriage law -- Peru -- Lima -- History -- 17th century Peru -- Lima Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781316755075 131675507X 9781316718216 1316718212 9781316749289 1316749282

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