De Tihosuco a La Habanala venta de indios yucatecos a Cuba durante la Guerra de Castas
ISSN: 0213-2052
Datum der Publikation: 2007
Titel der Ausgabe: Resistencia, sumisión e interiorización de la dependencia
Nummer: 25
Seiten: 559-576
Art: Artikel
Andere Publikationen in: Studia historica. Historia antigua
Zusammenfassung
As a result of the Caste War in Yucatan, Mexico (1847-1901), the local authorities decided «to clean the territory of Indians». One of the chosen solutions was to send Mayan farmers to Cuba using a system of semislavement. The shortage of manual labor in the island provided the basis for the agreement between the elites of both territories who organized the Mayan slave trade. This article reviews the origin and developement of the most prominent aspects of this trade.