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32 Rutgers L. Rec. 1 (2008)

handle is hein.journals/rutglr32 and id is 1 raw text is: 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. 1