Another Kind of "Slave Society"? Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Freedom in 19th-Century Puerto Rico

Conference on Latin American History 45
Sunday, January 5, 2025: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Concourse D (New York Hilton, Concourse Level)
Chair:
Elena Schneider, University of California, Berkeley
Papers:
Catalina Frese and Her Kin: A Story of Slavery in Aguadilla
Rosa Emilia Cordero Cruz, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Freedperson Petitions for Exemptions from Postemancipation Labor Contracting in Puerto Rico, 1873–76
Daniel Morales-Armstrong, University of Pennsylvania
Slavery, Marronage, and Environments in 19th-Century Puerto Rico
Adrian Bermudez Perez, University of California, Berkeley
Slave Conspiracies and Constitutional Exception: Contested Juridical Definitions of Subversive Enslaved Persons in Puerto Rico, 1830s–40s
José Juan Pérez Meléndez, University of California, Davis and European University Institute
Comment:
Ileana M. Rodriguez-Silva, University of Washington, Seattle
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