UID:
edocfu_9959230668402883
Format:
1 online resource (316 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4696-0607-0
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0-8078-7741-7
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:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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 Nacion -- 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.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8078-5772-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8078-3058-5
Language:
English
