Between 1778 and 1784 the Spanish Crown transported more than 1,900
peasants, including 875 women and girls, from northern Spain to
South America in an ill-fated scheme to colonize Patagonia. The
story begins as the colonists trudge across northern Spain to
volunteer for the project and follows them across the Atlantic to
Montevideo. However, before the last ships reached the Americas,
harsh weather, disease, and the prospect of mutiny on the
Patagonian coast forced the Crown to abandon the project.
Eventually, the peasant colonists were resettled in towns outside
of Buenos Aires and Montevideo, where they raised families, bought
slaves, and gradually integrated into colonial society. Gendered
Crossings brings to life the diverse settings of the Iberian
Atlantic and the transformations in the peasants' gendered
experiences as they moved around the Spanish Empire.
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