The author explores the contested relationship between changing identities, legal patterns, and cultural practices along the northern frontier of New Spain. Arguments in favor of enslaving the Chichimeca must be understood in the context of a broader historical process concerning Christian-Muslim relations on the Iberian peninsula, specifically policies toward the Granadan Moriscos. Analyzing often overlooked references to Muslims in colonial documents concerning the status of Amerindians can provide fresh insight into the relationship between European attitudes toward non-Europeans that was articulated at both imperial administrative and local levels along the contested frontier.
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