Notaries of color in colonial Panama : Limpieza de Sangre, Legislation and Imperial Practices in the Administration of the Spanish Empire

On July 20, 1740, King Philip V of Spain was given paperwork regarding a dispute over the adjudication of a notarial office in Panama City and, as usual, he was expected to make a decision. The king also had in hand recommendations from the Cámara of the Consejo de Indias. The king would have handled the case in a relatively straightforward manner, but for one fact—the two notaries involved in the public bid were of African descent.Publisher PDFPeer reviewe

Notaries of color in colonial Panama: Limpieza de Sangre, legislation, and imperial practices in the administration of the Spanish empire

This is the final version of the article. Available from Cambridge University Press via the DOI in this record.Funding from the Federation of Women Graduates Charitable Foundation, the AHRC Doctoral Award, and the Society for Latin American Studies Post-doctoral Travel Grant (UK) made possible the archival research

Makers and Keepers of Networks: Amerindian Spaces, Migrations, and Exchanges in the Brazilian Amazon and French Guiana, 1600–1730.

This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Duke University Press via the DOI in this record.This article focuses on the geographical space between the Amazon delta and the Maroni River (nowadays Brazilian Amapá and French Guiana) in 1600–1730. An imperial frontier between France and Portugal South American possessions, it has been conceptualized as a refuge zone for Amerindians fleeing European colonization. On the contrary, this article argues that the migrations and movements of people toward and within this Amerindian space have to be understood as a continuation of a pre-European set of indigenous networks. Through the reconstruction of multilingual and multiethnic networks, this article brings to light connections and exchanges that make of this space an Amerindian center as well as a European frontier. It analyzes conflicts, gatherings, celebrations, migrations, and alliances between European and Amerindian groups, including the Aruã, Maraon, Arikaré, Palikur, and Galibi. Rather than a refuge zone, this space remained central to Amerindian life and to the upholding of indigenous autonomy due to the maintenance of inter- and intra-ethnic connections and the regular use of routes across this space