Title Slave families and the hato economy in Puerto Rico / David M. Stark.

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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction -- An overview of the hato economy -- Demography and slaveholding in the hato economy -- The African slave trade, 1660-1815 -- Until death do us part: marriage among slaves -- A self-sustaining population: the family life of slaves -- Conclusion: the emergence of an Afro-Puerto Rican community.
Summary	This book approaches Caribbean slavery by emphasizing the importance of the hato (herding) economy on Puerto Rico rather than sugar and tobacco production. The author makes use of extensive Catholic parish records.
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Subject	Catholic Church -- Puerto Rico.
	Catholic Church.
	Puerto Rico.
	Church records and registers -- Puerto Rico.
	Church records and registers.
	Cattle trade -- Puerto Rico.
	Cattle trade.
	Slave trade -- Puerto Rico -- History.
	Slave trade.
	History.
	Slavery -- Puerto Rico -- History.
	Slavery.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Stark, David Martin, 1965- Slave families and the hato economy in Puerto Rico. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015] (DLC) 2014035802
ISBN	9780813055190 (electronic book)
	0813055199 (electronic book)
	9780813060439