Pardo Soldiers’ Historical Claims in Late Eighteenth-Century Cuba

• Published in: Latin American research review Vol. 59; no. 4; pp. 840 - 857
• Main Author: Hontanilla, Ana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 01.12.2024
• Subjects: Cuba siglo dieciocho; eighteenth-century Cuba; fuero militar; milicia de pardos y morenos; militia reforms; pardo and moreno militia; vagos y pobres miserables; vagrant

José Maldonado and Manuel José Castellanos were two Cuban pardo veterans who, in search of military status, rank, and salary, petitioned the court, making arguments that would prove subversive to the racial order. As Maldonado justified his entitlement to rank and Castellanos his to rank or salary,...