Ireton, Chloe L.;
(2023)
The Life and Legacy of Francisco Carreño: Practicing and Protecting Freedom Between the Canary Islands and New Spain in the Late Sixteenth Century.
In: Polgar, Paul J. and Lerner, Marc H. and Cromwell, Jesse, (eds.)
Beyond 1619: The Atlantic Origins of American Slavery.
(pp. 87-103).
University of Pennsylvania Press: Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Abstract
"On his deathbed in Mexico City, a free-born mulato named Francisco Carreño carefully assembled paperwork that documented his complex negotiations with slavery and freedom throughout his life in late sixteenth-century New Spain (present-day Mexico).¹ Compiling his final will and testament in 1603, Carreño sought to assure the free status of his mulato son, Juan Carreño. The elder Carreño outlined how he had liberated an unnamed Black woman from slavery by paying the price of her liberty to her former owner because she was the mother of Carreño’s only son and heir, Juan Carreño. Born thousands of miles away to [...]."
| Type: | Book chapter |
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| Title: | The Life and Legacy of Francisco Carreño: Practicing and Protecting Freedom Between the Canary Islands and New Spain in the Late Sixteenth Century |
| ISBN: | 1512825018 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781512825015 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.2307/j.ctv327fwh2.8 |
| Publisher version: | https://www.pennpress.org/9781512825015/beyond-161... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of History |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10177053 |
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