Antona's Suit

Antona, originally from Upper Guinea, raised a family in Mexico's Black Pacific. Her story, memorialized in a freedom suit from 1597, suggests that framing survival as agency helps us reconstruct the experiences of people in a way that accounts for the complexity of power in their historical contexts.

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Antona, a native of Upper Guinea, raised her family in Mexico's Black Pacific. Her story, documented in a 1597 freedom suit, highlights the significance of framing survival as agency in reconstructing the experiences of individuals and considering the complexities of power within their historical contexts.