RT Book, Whole DB /z-wcorg/ DS http://worldcat.org ID 122526053 LA English T1 Christians, blasphemers, and witches : Afro-Mexican ritual practice in the seventeenth century A1 Bristol, Joan Cameron,, PB University of New Mexico Press PP Albuquerque YR 2007 SN 9780826337993 0826337996 AB "Focusing on the time period from the intensification of slave importation in 1580 to approximately 1700, Joan Bristol presents information from Mexican Inquisition documents and other sources. Christians, Blasphemers, and Witches explores how Afro-Mexicans worked within the limitations imposed on them by the Church and the Spanish Crown in order to develop relationships with peers and superiors, defend themselves against unjust treatment, make money, and gain prestige on the local level."--Jacket