In 1591, Sir Richard Percivale wrote a Spanish grammar for English readers and described a criado as a servant and “famulus.” A 1679 dictionary defines the word in terms of servitude and provides an example of its use “Encomendar a cada criado lo que debe hazer.,” (ordering each criado what they must do), an entry followed by some household duties, including cleaning the house, making the bed and taking care of the master. Every dictionary from Nebrija’s to the present reveals that it is a word that can only be defined by using other euphemisms. It is not surprising that the word first appears in print in Nebrija’s Gramática, where it is defined as that person “que sirve” the person who serves. The origin and use in the word criado in the Spanish colonial context, however, is tied directly to the relations of rule created, manifested and maintained in the unequal positions implicit in that relationship of master and slave. One of these terms is the word, ‘criado,’ from the Spanish verb “criar,” to rear, educate and bring up on one’s family home. We will also begin to share those words in these posts. When the project is launched through the official website, we will share the entire vocabulary, drawn from the languages of English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. The records are filled with euphemisms, words and phrases used to avoid using the word slave, which has in part caused its invisibility in certain regions of the world. #SlaveryArchive #Indigenous #IndigenousPeople #enslavedĢ1 Likes, TikTok video from grammygbear "ENSLAVED BY ANY OTHER NAME ~ CRIADO As the researchers of Native Bound Unbound work to document the captivity & bondage of Indigenous people of the Americas, they recognize that the language of slavery was drawn from an entire vocabulary. In nearly every edition of the Dictionary of the Spanish language, previously known as Diccionario de la Real Academia Española, the text points to servitude, no matter the words. ![]() ![]() ENSLAVED BY ANY OTHER NAME ~ CRIADO As the researchers of Native Bound Unbound work to document the captivity & bondage of Indigenous people of the Americas, they recognize that the language of slavery was drawn from an entire vocabulary.
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