Wage-earning slaves : coartación in nineteenth-century Cuba /
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 slaves fr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Gainesville :
University of Florida Press,
[2020]
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| Summary: | 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 slaves from achieving liberty. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 217 pages : illustration, map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781683401650 1683401654 |