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  • 4 - Native Bonds, Native Rights

  • María Elena Díaz, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Book:
    From Colonial Cuba to Madrid
    Published online:
    14 November 2024
    Print publication:
    21 November 2024, pp 147-177

  • Summary

    Chapter 4 focuses on the meaning and deployment of the novel (and controversial) category of “natives” of a pueblo, widespread throughout the Spanish Atlantic world, to bolster the plaintiffs’ claims to freedom and other rights. The chapter explores both the Spanish and Indigenous traditions that informed the category of nativeness (naturaleza) used in the court briefs and examines their implications for a community of Afro descendant and other racially mixed subjects. The chapter compares the unconventional standing of El Cobre with that of the Indian pueblos of El Caney and Jiguaní in the island’s eastern region to explore the controversial claims to Indian ancestry.