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Race, Castas , & Honor in Colonial Society

Race, Castas , & Honor in Colonial Society. Social Hierarchy. Gente decente vs. gente de pueblo Pardos , castas , color quebrado , lobos, coyotes, cabras & more. Peninsulares. White Spaniards born in Iberian peninsula Overwhelmingly male 2 % of major cities

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Race, Castas , & Honor in Colonial Society

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  1. Race, Castas, & Honor in Colonial Society

  2. Social Hierarchy • Gentedecente vs. gente de pueblo • Pardos, castas, color quebrado, lobos, coyotes, cabras & more

  3. Peninsulares • White Spaniards born in Iberian peninsula • Overwhelmingly male • 2 % of major cities • Claimed limpieza de sangre

  4. Criollos • Born in the Indies • Claimed limpieza de sangre

  5. Mestizos & Mamelucos • Mixed Indian and Iberian ancestry • Generally exempt from tribute

  6. Casta paintings • Mid-eighteenth century art • Commissioned by Europeans • How to trace lineage?

  7. Family Honor • Role of the patriarch within family & government • Recogimiento • Hombre de bien • Divorce & annulment • Illegitimacy & pregnancy • Prosecution of crime

  8. Limits of Patriarchy • Wedding costs • ¼ - ½ of baptized children listed as illegitimate in some towns • Recogimiento proved impossible • Widows guaranteed ½ of estate

  9. African Slavery • Esteban, 1528 • 1600 = 75,000 – 90,000 African slaves in the colonies • Hispaniola, 1567 = 30,000 slaves & 2,000 Spaniards

  10. Maroon Communities • 1503 = 1st maroon community found in Hispaniola • Runaways called cimarrones • Palenques & quilombos • Palmares = 30,000 at 1670 • Venezuela = 20,000 cimarrones • Manumission

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