Bound Lives : Africans, Indians, and the Making of Race in Colonial Peru.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Constructing Casta on Peru's Northern Coast -- Chapter 1. Between Black and Indian Labor Demands and the Crown's Casta -- Chapter 2. Working Slavery's Value, Making Diaspora Kinships -- Chapter 3. Acting as a Legal Indian Natural Vassals and Worrisome Natives -- Chapter 4. Market Exchanges and Meeting the Indians Elsewhere -- Chapter 5. Justice within Slavery -- Conclusion: The Laws of Casta, the Making of Race -- Appendix 1. Origin of Slaves Sold in Trujillo over Time by Percentage (1640-1730) -- Appendix 2. Price Trends of Slaves Sold in Trujillo (1640-1730) -- Explanation of Appendix Data -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Bound Lives chronicles the lived experience of race relations in northern coastal Peru during the colonial era. Rachel Sarah O'Toole examines how Andeans and Africans negotiated and employed casta, and in doing so, constructed these racial categories. This study highlights the tenuous interactions of colonial authorities, indigenous communities, and enslaved populations and shows how the interplay between colonial law and daily practice shaped the nature of colonialism and slavery. Winner of the 2013 Peroe Flora Tristan Prize from the Peru Section of theLatin American Studies Association.

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