Unfortunately, there is no further information about the resolution of the case. In theory, these labor regulations also served to mold the laboring class into moral, healthy men and women. Their interpreta- tion of emancipation in the Puerto Rican context implied that, by , slavery was already an outdated system lacking popular support, and they paid scant attention to the history of slavery itself. Domes- tic service, however, entailed many tasks other than work within the home. I explore how conscious and unconscious silencing practices, emerging from within groups with divergent demands and visions of the future, converged to thwart sustained debate and mobilization against racialized domination.
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