Sailing Through the Sacraments: Ethnic and Cultural Geographies of a Port and Its Churches-Cartagena de Indias.
Using a series of unusual parish books that record the sacraments performed by naval chaplains, that are in the Cartagena de Indias Cathedral, this work examines the intimate relations between various individuals and ethnic groups in the port city. Through these documents, it is possible to discover...
| Published in: | Slavery & Abolition Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 460 - 478 |
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