Wage-Earning Slaves : Coartación in Nineteenth-Century Cuba /

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"This volume is the first systematic study of coartación, a process by which slaves worked toward purchasing their freedom in installments. Focusing on Cuba, this book reveals that instead of providing a "path to manumission," the process was often rife with obstacles that blocked sl...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteurs principaux: Varella, Claudia (Auteur), Barcia Paz, Manuel, 1972- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2020]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Slaves > Emancipation
HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba
Esclaves > Affranchissement > Cuba.
Slaves > Emancipation > Cuba.
Cuba
Cuba > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Cuba > History > 19th century.
History
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Freeing Oneself: The Meaning and Practice of Coartación
  • An Institution for the Advancement of Slaves into Freedmen?: Understanding Cuban Laws about Coartación
  • The Path to Abolition: Síndicos, Coartados and the Presence of the State
  • "Roaming Coartados": Strengthening the Rural Slave Sector
  • The Hidden Face of Urban Slavery: A Look at the Coartados Rental Market
  • Slaves and Labor Pools: The Combination of Slavery and Work for Hire
  • The Promised Freedom: Patronage and the Final Years of Coartación

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