Taxing Blackness: Free Afromexican Tribute in Bourbon New Spain

by Norah L. A. Gharala

Book Overview

A definitive analysis of the most successful tribute system in the Americas as applied to Afromexicans

During the eighteenth century, hundreds of thousands of free descendants of Africans in Mexico faced a highly specific obligation to the Spanish crown, a tax based on their genealogy and status. This royal tribute symbolized imperial loyalties and social hierarchies. As the number of free people of color soared, this tax became a reliable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817362274
• ISBN13: 9780817362270
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 312 Pages