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Author: Landers, Jane (ID70)
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1738-01-01 - 1738-12-31
Spanish had racially discriminatory legislation
“Iberian concerns about religious orthodoxy were transformed in the New World into a preoccupation with racial purity. As black and mixed populations in the Indies grew, so did a body of discriminatory legislation designed to regulate them.” (Landers, “Jorge Biassou,” Escribano 1988, p85-100)
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