Notaries of color in colonial Panama: limpieza de sangre, legislation, and imperial practices in the administration of the Spanish Empire

• Espelt-Bombín, Silvia ^[1]
  1. [1] University of St. Andrews Fife
• Localización: The Americas: A quarterly review of inter-american cultural history, ISSN 0003-1615, Vol. 71, Nº. 1 (July), 2014, págs. 37-69
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • On July 20, 1740, King Philip V of Spain was given paperwork regarding a dispute over the adjudication of a notarial office in Panama City and, as usual, he was expected to make a decision. The king also had in hand recommendations from the Cámara of the Consejo de Indias. The king would have handled the case in a relatively straightforward manner, but for one fact—the two notaries involved in the public bid were of African descent.