The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the struggle against Atlantic slavery /
In 1812 a series of revolts known collectively as the Aponte Rebellion erupted across the island of Cuba, comprising one of the largest and most important slave insurrections in Caribbean history. Matt Childs provides the first in-depth analysis of the rebellion, situating it in local, colonial, imp...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
[2006]
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| Series: | Envisioning Cuba.
UNC Press law publications. Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: worse than Aponte
- The present time period is very delicate: Cuban slavery and the changing Atlantic world, 1750-1850
- Nothing worse in the world than to be a slave: slaves and free people of color in early nineteenth-century Cuba
- Organizing the rebellion: the overlapping worlds of the militia and the Cabildos de Nación
- Burn the plantations: the Cuban Aponte Rebellion(s) of 1812
- Vanquish the arrogance of our enemies: emancipation rumors and rebellious royalism
- Conclusion: plaques of loyalty: the legacy of the Aponte Rebellion
- Appendix: Biographical database of the Aponte rebels.