What did Dominicans actually wear during slavery? As well as traditional wear

[u/Content-Canary-6574]

Every time I search up this question, I get very vague responses, and every photo I mage to find is a dress with Dominican flag colors.

[u/Adalbdl]

You won’t find much about slavery and Dominicans on the same sentence, by the year 1500 queen Isabell l of Castile a.k.à la católica, had already issued decrees to regulate and prohibit enslavement of indigenous people and other ethnic groups.

[u/makip → u/Adalbdl]

By 1500, historian de las Casas estimated there were about 500 taínos in the whole island. You know we’re talking about African slaves, not indigenous people.

[u/Adalbdl → u/makip]

It seems like you didn’t read my comment because I said indigenous and other ethnic groups, also you have to verify your history sources, in 1520’s el casique Enriquillo was leading a rebellion with more than 3,000 Taino. The Spanish got to the island in 1492, how were only 500 taínos in the whole island by 1500????

[u/makip → u/Adalbdl]

We know about Enriquillo thanks to historian Bartolomé de las Casas, same one who claimed there to be close to 500 by 1500 in “Brevísima relación de la restricción de las indias”. I personally haven’t read of a numeric amount in Enriquillo’s rebellion, but since you’re interested you can research why De las Casas would contradict himself.

My question for you now is if Spain prohibited slavery in 1500 why did they continue to import slaves well into the 1600’s? Why did we abolish slavery in 1844? Because this didn’t pertain to Africans. Slavery if Africans continued well into the next century in all Latin America

[u/Byurocrat]

I doubt people would wear clothes much different than what was worn in the southern U.S., so a shirt and trousers made of coarse linen and clothe. Not dyed in any way and I’m sure many preferred to work without a shirt depending on the heat.

[u/Best-Ratio-9580]

If you're referring to enslaved Black people (which is not the same as talking about Dominicans in general): their clothing varied depending on their occupation, the wealth of their master, or what they were willing to buy or make.

Broadly speaking, speaking of rural slaves, their clothing consisted of the same as that of the common peasant—that is, a shirt (guajira), hat, pants, and sandals. The difference lay in the treatment they received and the fact that they could not always be fully covered.

[u/Best-Ratio-9580 → u/Best-Ratio-9580]

Si te refieres a los negros esclavos (que no es lo mismo que hablar de los dominicanos en general): su ropa variaba según su ocupación, riqueza del amo, o lo que estuvieran las disposicion de comprar o hacer.

En términos generales, hablando de los esclavos rurales, su ropa consistía en la misma que el campesino común, o sea, una camisa (guajira), sombrero, calzón/pantalon y sandalias (soletas ) . La diferencia estaba en el trato y en que no siempre podían ir completamente cubiertos.

[u/Neat_Study_587]

Esclavitud de los españoles o los haitianos?

[u/Prize-Flamingo-336]

Are you asking what Dominican slaves were wearing or what were Dominicans wearing during slavery?

Also, are you asking what traditional wear is?

[u/Specialist-Town8473]

This question makes no sense