| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 300 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Envisioning Cuba |
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Envisioning Cuba.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
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. This title provides an analysis of the rebellion, situating it in local, colonial, imperial, and Atlantic World contexts |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-287) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed September 12, 2016) |
| Subject |
Slavery -- Cuba
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Slave rebellions -- Cuba
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Slavery -- America -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery.
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HISTORY -- Caribbean & West Indies -- Cuba.
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Slave rebellions
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Slavery
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America
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Cuba
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780807877418 |
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0807877417 |
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9781469606071 |
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1469606070 |
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