Enslaved rebels, fugitives, and litigants: The resistance continuum in colonial Quito

Colonial Latin American Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-46

  Bryant, Sherwin K ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; POPULAR PROTEST; SLAVE; SOCIAL HISTORY;

ECUADOR; PICHINCHA; QUITO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3142708933     PISSN: 10609164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1060916042000210800     Document Type: Article

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