History 2501E Lecture : Colonial Society
31 Jan 2013
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When examining society it is easier to find information on the elite and this neglects the other classes and in earlier times documents included the race of the person and this made things easier (later on this doesn"t happen) Started in spain and at the beginning it has a religious meaning where to have pure spanish blood meant that you up to three generations ago no one had been in trouble with the inquisition in your family. In the beginning it meant just being a christian spaniard so natives and africans were not included. In the americas it was used to elevate the spanish minority and to give them higher standing in society. By the 1800"s the natives were claiming this as well only in relation to pure native blood. To have an african ancestor was especially bad and there was no way it would be accepted in main colonies.
