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"An impressively researched project on a difficult and important topic. It will be of interest to specialists of Afro-Mexican history as well as scholars of the larger African Diaspora in the Iberian colonial world."
--Colonial Latin American Historical Review

…a fascinating analysis…
--Itinerario

…adds to the understanding of African-descended people in New Spain.
--Choice

"This book should not be pigeonholed as relevant only to scholars of Latin America or colonial Latin America. Interesting insights and perspectives should arise for scholars interested in issues of race in general."
--The Latin Americanist

"Contributes significantly to the longstanding discussion of issues of race and class in New Spain." "This book has much to offer to readers interested in church history and race and class in New Spain."
--American Historical Review

" Nicole von Germeten has shed light on a number of complex fatcors related to the social movement of Afro-Mexicans during the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The importance of von Germeten's book stems in large part from her proof that Mexico has an African heritage. Von Germeten successfully uses the confraternities to establish patterns of social mobility for the Afro-Mexicans she studied. She has established without a doubt that Afro-Mexicans played active roles during the colonial era."
--Hispanic American Historical Review

"Afro-Mexican religious practice has, until now, barely appeared in the literature on the African Diaspora. Von Germenten's exhaustively researched study both accounts for that gap and begins to fill it in."
--Religious Studies Review

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