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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452034803321

Autore

Childs Matt D. <1970->

Titolo

The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the struggle against Atlantic slavery [[electronic resource] /] / Matt D. Childs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2006

ISBN

1-4696-0607-0

0-8078-7741-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Collana

Envisioning Cuba

Disciplina

306.3/62097291

Soggetti

Slavery - Cuba

Slave insurrections - Cuba

Slavery - America - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-287) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 NacioĢn -- 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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.