Slave Revolts in Puerto Rico: Conspiracies and Uprisings, 1795-1873 - Couverture souple

Baralt, Guillermo A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1558764631 ISBN 13 : 9781558764637

Editeur : Markus Wiener Publishing Inc, 2014

Synopsis

From the emergence of the first sugar plantations up until 1873, when slavery was abolished, the wealth amassed by many landowners in Puerto Rico derived mainly from the exploitation of slaves. But slavery generated its antithesis: disobedience, conspiracies, uprisings, and flight. Slave Revolts in Puerto Rico is a richly documented volume dealing with these expressions of collective resistance. The image of the docile and submissive slave presented by the prevailing historiography until very recently is no longer valid. Documents uncovered by Guillermo A. Baralt provide evidence of over forty uprising attempts, as detailed in this fascinating book.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Guillermo A. Baralt, University of Puerto Rico, is author of Buena Vista: Life and Work on a Puerto Rican Hacienda, 1833-1904. Christine Ayorinde's translations from Spanish include Afro-Cuban Religions by Miguel Barnet (Markus Wiener, 2001) and Afro-Cuban Myths by Romulo Lachatanere (Markus Wiener, 2005).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Markus Wiener Publishing Inc
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1558764631
• ISBN 13: 9781558764637
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 190
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