Shade-Grown Slavery : The Lives of Slaves on Coffee Plantations in Cuba /

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This book explores the lives of enslaved Africans on Cuban coffee plantations and shows how they were able to maintain and transform their cultural traditions in spite of the harshness of slavery. -- Provided by publisher.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Van Norman, William C. (William Chisholm), 1957- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, 2013
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Sklaverei
Kulturelle Identität
Kaffeeplantage
Slaves > Social conditions.
Slavery.
Plantation life.
Coffee plantations.
Black people > Ethnic identity.
HISTORY > Caribbean & West Indies > Cuba.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Vie dans les plantations > Cuba > Histoire.
Esclaves > Cuba > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
Esclaves > Cuba > Conditions sociales > 18e siecle.
Plantation life > Cuba > History.
Coffee plantations > Cuba > History.
Slavery > Cuba > History.
Black people > Cuba > Ethnic identity.
Slaves > Cuba > Social conditions > 19th century.
Slaves > Cuba > Social conditions > 18th century.
Kuba
Cuba.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction : the crop mattered
  • Roots : the expansion of coffee and the slave population. Cafe con azúcar : the expansion of the slave population and plantations ; Transformations : building frameworks and structures
  • Branches : the negotiations of life on the cafetal. Space is the place : intentions and subversions of design ; Under the cover of night : religious practices ; Buyers and sellers : work and economy of the slaves ; When everyday actions escalate : resistance, rebellions, and cultural complexity
  • Harvest. Conclusion : performing culture and the appropriation of identifications
  • Appendix A : Demographic Data
  • Appendix B. Cafetales.

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