Blacks in Colonial Veracruz

Patrick J. Carroll is Joe B. Frantz Professor of History at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Human and Material Consequences of Indian and European Contact2. The Hows, Whens, Whos, and Whys of the Afro-Veracruz Slave Trade3. Regional Production, Market, and Capital Development4. Afro-Veracruzanos and Changing Colonial Labor Patterns5. Slaves and Social Change, 1570-17206. Two Routes to Freedom: Cordoba and Jalapa7. Free Afro-Veracruzanos and the Late Colonial Socioeconomic Order8. Adjustment, Independence, Politics, and RaceConclusionsAppendixes 1. Materials Relating to the Afro-Mexican and Afro-Veracruz Slave Trade2. Materials Relating to Demographic and Economic Change3. Materials Relating to Afro-Veracruzanos and Socioeconomic ChangeNotesSources CitedIndex

Carroll’s book is a solid, welcome addition to the scholarly literature on slavery and society during the colonial period and the Wars of Independence in Mexico and Latin America in general. . . . With its high level of ambitions and wide perspectives, the book is clearly a most valuable one. (Hispanic American Historical Review) Carroll makes an important contribution to better understanding of the colonial experience and the reality of the past and present racial discrimination in Mexico. . . . His writing is most inspired when he describes and interprets the lives of colonial Afro-Veracruzanos and their role in Mexican society. (Geographical Reviews)