Individual officials and neighbors resisted the expulsion by sheltering Moriscos

Evidence

In the same year, 1611, in various areas, officers were given the mission of investigating and rooting out Moriscos who had slipped through the net. Success rates varied. The bishop of Tortosa continued to defend his Moriscos (should we say “ex-Moriscos”?) tenaciously. In Denia, the investigator turned up fifty persons liable to expulsion and seven to send as galley slaves. By 1612, the main focus was on Moriscos who had quietly returned, some to their home regions, where some were aided by their old neighbors. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1534

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the theme of state expulsion policies meeting quiet local resistance, echoing Milgrom on enforcement gaps in trade institutions and the persistence of informal social networks.