The Occupation of Havana : War, Trade, and Slavery in the Atlantic World /

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In 1762, British forces mobilized more than 230 ships and 26,000 soldiers, sailors, and enslaved Africans to attack Havana, one of the wealthiest and most populous ports in the Americas. They met fierce resistance. Spanish soldiers and local militias in Cuba, along with enslaved Africans who were pr...

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Autor principal: Schneider, Elena Andrea, 1977- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Slave trade.
Military campaigns.
Black people > Social conditions.
HISTORY > Latin America > General.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Esclaves > Commerce > Cuba > Histoire.
Slave trade > Cuba > History.
Anglo-Spanish War, 1739-1748 > Campaigns > West Indies.
Black people > Cuba > Social conditions > History > 18th century.
West Indies.
Cuba > Havana.
Cuba.
Antilles > Histoire > 1756-1763.
Cuba > Histoire > 1762-1763 (Occupation britannique)
West Indies > History > 1756-1763.
Havana (Cuba) > History > Siege, 1762.
Cuba > History > British occupation, 1762-1763.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Imagining the conquest: a deep history of British plots against Havana
  • Havana at the crossroads: war, trade, and slavery, circa 1700-1762
  • A city under siege: the battle for Havana
  • "la dominación inglesa": eleven months of British rule
  • Spanish reoccupation: new beginnings after Havana's return
  • Consequences: memories of the siege on an island transformed.

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