Fresh Ink: Urban Slavery in Colonial Mexico by Pablo M. Sierra Silva

Congratulations to former fellow Pablo M. Sierra Silva for the publication of his book, Urban Slavery in Colonial Mexico: Puebla de los Ángeles, 1531-1706 (Cambridge University Press, 2018). Urban Slavery in Colonial Mexico is a social and cultural history of Spaniards' imposition of slavery on Africans, Asians, and their families in the city of Puebla de los Ángeles – the second-largest urban center in colonial Mexico – and the experiences of the enslaved in four urban settings: the marketplace, the convent, the textile mill, and the elite residence. Continuing his investigation into seventeenth-century transatlantic merchant networks, Pablo presented “Rebellion at La Rinconada: Muleteers and Slaving Expectations along a Mexican Slave Route (1669)” at the joint JCB-Omohundro Institute sponsored conference, “Trans-American Crossings: Enslaved Migrations within the Americas and Their Impacts on Slave Cultures and Societies” in June 2018.