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- Title
Slaves of the Buccaneers: Mayas in Captivity in the Second Half of the Seventeenth Century.
- Authors
Bialuschewski, Arne
- Abstract
Multinational groups of buccaneers repeatedly raided settlements all along the coast of Tabasco and the Yucatán Peninsula. The freebooters not only looted whatever valuables they could find but also abducted and enslaved numerous coastal inhabitants, particularly Mayas. Some captives were taken to the raiders' base on the small island of Tortuga, others were brought to the Laguna de Términos and from there to colonial slave markets, and some had to accompany the marauders on their voyages. Indigenous people who suffered under the colonial regime also languished when they fell into the hands of Spain's enemies.
- Subjects
YUCATAN (Mexico : State); TABASCO (Mexico : State); TORTUGA Island (Haiti); MAYAS; PIRATES -- History; HISTORY of slavery; MAYAS -- History; SEVENTEENTH century; MEXICAN history; CRIME victims; HISTORY
- Publication
Ethnohistory, 2017, Vol 64, Issue 1, p41
- ISSN
0014-1801
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1215/00141801-3688359