Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 300 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0807857726
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0807830585
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9780807857724
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9780807830581
Series Statement:
Envisioning Cuba
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-287) and index
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CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: Worse than Aponte; 1. The Present Time Period Is Very Delicate: Cuban Slavery and the Changing Atlantic World, 1750-1850; 2. Nothing Worse in the World than to Be a Slave: Slaves and Free People of Color in Early Ninteenth-Century Cuba; 3. Organizing the Rebellion: The Overlapping Worlds of the Militia and the Cabildos de Nación; 4. Burn the Plantations: The Cuban Aponte Rebellion(s) of 1812; 5. Vanquish the Arrogance of Our Enemies: Emancipation Rumors and Rebellious Royalism; CONCLUSION: Plaques of Loyalty: The Legacy of the Aponte Rebellion
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APPENDIX: Biographical Database of the Aponte RebelsNOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780807857724
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the Struggle against Atlantic Slavery
Language:
English
