'Two sleeps' and devotional practices: A look at how people slept in the 17th century
While sleep is a universal human experience, the way we do so has varied greatly across cultures, social classes and even ...
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To Indigenous people in 17th century Peru, a Madonna image evoked traditional Inca deity
Our Lady of the Rosary of Guápulo is a devotional image venerated in the outskirts of Quito, Ecuador, and was promoted by a ...
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A Peeling 17th-Century Palazzo and the Man Who Was ‘Crazy Enough’ to Buy It
The central hall of Raffaele Fabrizio’s 17th-century palazzo in Valmorea ... On the street, barren of the few thousand people who live here, a black cat creeps from under a bright yellow ...
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Virginia's slave codes
The status of blacks in Virginia slowly changed over the last half of the 17th century. The black indentured servant, with his hope of freedom, was increasingly being replaced by the black slave.
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Royal African Company established
Bur during the early years of the 17th century, the English generally viewed the trading of human lives with a certain degree of contempt. By 1640, however, with the growth of sugar plantations in ...