Marital Crimes in New Spain
Misuse of power, violence, and control over women is not new news, it is a situation that has not distinguished between races or eras. Here we are in 1808, Francisco de los Santos Mateo is tried for the alleged murder of Felipa Atanacia, his wife.
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