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32 Rutgers L. Rec. 1 (2008)

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RUTGERS LAw RECORD


Volume 32                               Spring   2008                          Number 1




     SLAVE   LAW   AND   LABOR ACTIVITIES DURING THE SPANISH COLONIAL
  PERIOD: A STUDY OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN REGION OF RIO DE LA PLATA


                                     By  Agustin Parise*



                                     Table  of Contents

I.   In tro du ctio n  ...................................................................................................... . . .. 2
II.  Slavery in the Iberian Peninsula ............................................................................. 4
III. B lack Slaves in R io  de  la  Plata................................................................................ 6
IV . Slave L aw in H ispanic-A m erica................................................................................11
V.   Labor Activities of Black Slaves in Rio de la Plata ............................................. 17
  a.   D om estic A ctiv ities  .......................................................................................... . 18
  b .  C ra ft s  .....................................................................................................................2 0
  c.   A ctivities in  the  C ountryside  ............................................................................. 2 1
  d .  Service in the M ines ........................................................................................ . 23
  e.   Service in the C hurches................................................................................... . 24
  f.   A rtistic A ctiv ities............................................................................................. . 2 6
  g .  M ilitary E nrollm ent......................................................................................... . . 27
VI.  The Disappearance  of Blacks from Rio de la Plata..............................................29
V II. Sum m ary & Final C om m ent ................................................................................. 29






* Research Associate, Center of Civil Law Studies, Louisiana State University Law Center. LL.B., Universidad de
Buenos Aires (2001); LL.M., Louisiana State University Law Center (2006); S.J.D., Universidad de Buenos Aires -
dissertation pending. Lecturer in Legal History (auxiliar docente), Universidad de Buenos Aires (2001-2005). The
author is indebted to Professors Abelardo Levaggi, Robert A. Pascal, Saul Litvinoff, Christine Corcos, Mark E.
Hoch, and Alberto L. Zuppi for their suggestions and constructive criticisms. Thanks are also due to Professor
Olivier P. Mor6teau, Director of the Center of Civil Law Studies at LSU, for his support and valuable advice.
Special thanks are due to Ms. Gladys Shnchez of the Law Library of the Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
and to Professor Randall Thompson of the LSU Law Library. For translation and editing assistance, the author
expresses his gratitude to Dr. Joseph Abraham of the LSU Writing Center and to John Casey Cowley, Esq.


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