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Author Van Norman, William C. (William Chisholm), 1957- author.

Title Shade-grown slavery : the lives of slaves on coffee plantations in Cuba / William C. Van Norman, Jr
Published Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, 2013
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Contents Introduction : the crop mattered -- Roots : the expansion of coffee and the slave population. Café con azúcar : the expansion of the slave population and plantations ; Transformations : building frameworks and structures -- Branches : the negotiations of life on the cafetal. Space is the place : intentions and subversions of design ; Under the cover of night : religious practices ; Buyers and sellers : work and economy of the slaves ; When everyday actions escalate : resistance, rebellions, and cultural complexity -- Harvest. Conclusion : performing culture and the appropriation of identifications -- Appendix A : Demographic Data -- Appendix B. Cafetales
Summary This book explores the lives of enslaved Africans on Cuban coffee plantations and shows how they were able to maintain and transform their cultural traditions in spite of the harshness of slavery. -- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 14, 2019)
Subject Enslaved persons -- Cuba -- Social conditions -- 18th century
Enslaved persons -- Cuba -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Black people -- Cuba -- Ethnic identity
Slavery -- Cuba -- History
Coffee plantations -- Cuba -- History
Plantation life -- Cuba -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery.
HISTORY -- Caribbean & West Indies -- Cuba.
Black people -- Ethnic identity
Coffee plantations
Plantation life
Slavery
Enslaved persons -- Social conditions
Kaffeeplantage
Kulturelle Identität
Sklaverei
Cuba
Kuba
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780826519160
0826519164
1299634176
9781299634176