Cervantes portrayed expelled moriscos sympathetically during mass expulsion

Evidence

One thinks of the way that in Don Quixote Cervantes showed Sancho Panza as very sympathetic to his old Morisco neighbor Ricote. Cervantes had Ricote reenter the country under the guise of being a German pilgrim. One rather gathers that Ricote was going to leave again to join his wife and daughter, who were in Algiers. But these womenfolk are represented as being fundamentally Christian, so that one wonders about his real intentions. The name Ricote, which in Don Quixote is a personal name, must surely have been intended to recall the place name of the Ricote Valley, Val de Ricote. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1535 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Cervantes encoded sympathy for expelled Moriscos into Don Quixote — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1535; Cervantes could sympathize with an expelled morisca while denouncing Muslim lands; Cervantes’ sympathetic morisca shows racialization without inherent-inferiority claims (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Cervantes encoded sympathy for expelled Moriscos into Don Quixote #corroborates (0.95) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1535
• Cervantes could sympathize with an expelled morisca while denouncing Muslim lands #expands (0.85)
• Cervantes’ sympathetic morisca shows racialization without inherent-inferiority claims #expands (0.80)
• Expelled Moriscos retained Spanish cultural attachments and wished to return #corroborates (0.75)
• An expelled Morisco raided Spanish ships then was enslaved and re-catholicized #exemplifies (0.70) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1678