Linguistic evidence and historiography: the selection of slaves on Curaçao, 1650-1700
Drawing on recent linguistic investigations on the origins of Papiamentu, this article aims to cast new light on an intriguing but hitherto unresolved socio-historical aspect of the initial decades of the Curaçaoan transit slave trade: the selection of slaves. In answer to the controversial question...
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| Language: | English |
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Associação de Crioulos de Base Lexical Portuguesa e Espanhola
2012-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Ibero-Romance Creoles |
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| Online Access: | http://www.acblpe.com/revista/volume-3-2012/linguistic-evidence-and-historiography-the-selection-of-slaves-on-curacao-1650-1700 |