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HARO HIDALGO, Víctor Hugo. African Slavery in Peru: Slave Price 1650 - 1820. Rev. Esc. Hist. [online]. 2019, vol.18, n.2, pp.00-00. ISSN 1669-9041.

The colonization   of   America   was   heavily   nourished   by   slave   labor,   millions   of   African inhabitants   were   transferred   against   their   will  from   Africa   to   the   new   world,  to   occupy essentially agricultural work, but which also included work in other activities such as mining, industry,   commerce   and   domestic   service. They   were   an   essential   ingredient   for the development of the colonies, without their forced participation the colonies could not have developed. In this article, the price of slaves in Peru during the late colonial period, between the years of 1650 to 1820, is presented and reviewed. The review includes the evolution of the price of slave labor, seeking to understand the market labor force and the implications of slavery. The main source of information is the notarial protocols existing in the General Archive of   the   Nation,   from   which   a   sample   of   1,738   slave   purchase   and   sale   transactions   was collected, 221 transactions correspond to the 17th century (1650 to 1699), 1,236 transactions to t he century XVIII (1700 to 1799) and 281 transactions for the XIX century (1800 to 1820).Not only is the price of the transaction presented, but other highly interesting data such as the sex,   age  and   caste   of   the   slaves,   and   the   sex   of   the  buyers   and   sellers  have   also   been considered.

Palabras clave : Commerce; Slavery; Perú; Price; Labor; Viceroyalty.

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