The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the struggle against Atlantic slavery /

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In 1812, a series of revolts known collectively as the Aponte Rebellion erupted across the island of Cuba, comprising one of the largest and most important slave insurrections in Caribbean history. This title provides an analysis of the rebellion, situating it in local, colonial, imperial, and Atlan...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Childs, Matt D., 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2006]
Colección:Envisioning Cuba.
Temas:
Slavery > Cuba.
Slave rebellions > Cuba.
Slavery > America > History.
Révoltes d'esclaves > Cuba.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
HISTORY > Caribbean & West Indies > Cuba.
Slave rebellions
Slavery
America
Cuba
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: worse than Aponte
  • The present time period is very delicate: Cuban slavery and the changing Atlantic world, 1750-1850
  • Nothing worse in the world than to be a slave: slaves and free people of color in early nineteenth-century Cuba
  • Organizing the rebellion: the overlapping worlds of the militia and the Cabildos de Nación
  • Burn the plantations: the Cuban Aponte Rebellion(s) of 1812
  • Vanquish the arrogance of our enemies: emancipation rumors and rebellious royalism
  • Conclusion: plaques of loyalty: the legacy of the Aponte Rebellion
  • Appendix: Biographical database of the Aponte rebels.

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