The Sun of Jesús del Monte: A Cuban Antislavery Novel

by Andraes Avelino de Orihuela

Translated into English for the first time, Andr s Avelino de Orihuela's El Sol de Jes s del Monte is a landmark Cuban antislavery novel. Published originally in 1852, the same year as Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (which Orihuela had translated into Spanish), it provides an uncompromising critique of discourses of white superiority and an endorsement of equality for free people of color. Despite its historical and literary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813946212
• ISBN13: 9780813946214
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher