Status Updates From Asian Slaves in Colonial Me...

“The interior life of most chino slaves remains elusive. There is ample evidence that chinos participated in the public life of the church and gave outward expressions of devotion, but little that sheds light on their personal worship or innermost beliefs.”

Seijas recognizes the limitations of the archive.

"The eighteenth-century asiento thus emerged as a true monopoly, with the legal capabilities, economic might, and political weight to determine the supply lines and shut down interlopers in the Pacific. The transpacific trade, which was always part of a much larger trading system concentrated in the Atlantic arena, was a relatively short interlude in the history of the slave trade..." 107