Voices of the Enslaved in Nineteenth-Century Cuba: A Documentary History

by Gloria García Rodríguez

Book Overview

Putting the voices of the enslaved front and center, Gloria Garc a Rodr guez's study presents a compelling overview of African slavery in Cuba and its relationship to the plantation system that was the economic center of the New World. A major essay by Garc a, who has done decades of archival research on Cuban slavery, introduces the work, providing a history of the development, maintenance, and economy of the slave system in Cuba, which was abolished...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080787194X
• ISBN13: 9780807871942
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"