Slavery & abolition in early republican Peru

by BLANCHARD, PETER

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Book description: Wilmington, DE,: SR Books. Very Good. 1992. Soft Cover. 0842024298 . XX,247 pages, wrappers, very good. From the publisher: "Present in Peru from the arrival of the conquistadors in the 16th century, slavery remained legal at the time the nation declared its independence in 1821. Even though the new leaders passed antislavery legislation during the 1820s, the institution survived for an addition three decades and was not abolished until a presidential decree outlawed forced labor in 1855. In Slavery and Abolition in Early Republican Peru, Professor Blanchard discusses the social and economic factors that supported slavery in the years after independence. He focuses on the economics of Peruvian slavery, the life of the slave population and the successes and failures of the abolitionist movement. Of special interest is his discussion of the crucial role the slaves themselves played in their own liberation: through escaping, buying their own freedom, or taking complaints to the courts, they made clear to Peru's slaveholders that his institution could no longer be tolerated." .

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