Old Spanish Racial Terminolgy?
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Old Spanish Racial Terminolgy?
| khaynes032777 (View posts) | Posted: 20 Jan 2003 9:36PM GMT |
Classification: Query
I am abstracting information from a 1790 slave ship record (Slave Trade to Havana, Cuba, 1790 - 1820, from the DPLS website). The African slaves are classified as "Piexas", "Mulecones" , and "Muleques"
I have been to several spanish speaking chat rooms and no one seems to know what these words mean. One of my Hispanic friends has heard "Piexa" used to refer to a Black person of "non-mixed" heritage.The other words could be equivalent to "mulato" but I don;t understand the distinction between the two.
I have been to several spanish speaking chat rooms and no one seems to know what these words mean. One of my Hispanic friends has heard "Piexa" used to refer to a Black person of "non-mixed" heritage.The other words could be equivalent to "mulato" but I don;t understand the distinction between the two.