El ordenamiento jurídico y el ejercicio del derecho de libertad de los esclavos en la provincia de Venezuela, 1730-1768

"Reproduces 10 groups of documents (expedientes) related to slaves gaining their freedom in mid-18th-century Venezuela. Documents had reposed in the Registro Principal del Distrito Federal (Caracas) before being transferred to the national archives. Useful for understanding Hispanic slavery in general, publication is concerned primarily with illustrating legal and regulatory framework of slavery and ways in which slaves used the legal system to earn their freedom. A helpful survey of the administrative context precedes the collected documents"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.