Wage-earning slaves :: coartación in nineteenth-century Cuba /

"This volume is the first systematic study of coartación, a process by which slaves worked toward purchasing their freedom in installments. Focusing on Cuba, this book reveals that instead of providing a "path to manumission," the process was often rife with obstacles that blocked sl...

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Hauptverfasser: Varella, Claudia (VerfasserIn), Barcia Paz, Manuel, 1972- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2020]
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Zusammenfassung:"This volume is the first systematic study of coartación, a process by which slaves worked toward purchasing their freedom in installments. Focusing on Cuba, this book reveals that instead of providing a "path to manumission," the process was often rife with obstacles that blocked slaves from achieving liberty"--
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvi, 217 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781683401926
1683401921
9781683402329
1683402324