HABLANDO DE SÍ MISMAS. AFRICANAS Y AFRODESCENDIENTES ANTE LOS TRIBUNALES LIMEÑOS. LIMA, SIGLO XVIII.

This article explores how Africans and Afro-descendants defended themselves in court from their position as women, enslaved and black. Regarding the historical sources, the laws, the judicial and ecclesiastical records of the Lima archives, the descriptions of the travelers of the time, the opinions of the enlightened intellectuals, mainly have been used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]