| Runaway Slave Settlements in Cuba: Resistance and Repression Contributor(s): La Rosa Corzo, Gabino (Author), Todd, Mary (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0807854794 ISBN-13: 9780807854792 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $45.13 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2003 Annotation: Combining archaeological and historical methods, Gabino La Rosa Corzo provides the most detailed and accurate available account of the runaway slave settlements ("palenques") that formed in the inaccessible mountain chains of eastern Cuba from 1737 to 1850, decades before the end of slavery on the island. The traces that remain of these communities provide important clues to historical processes such as slave resistance and emancipation, anticolonial insurgency, and the emergence of a free peasantry. Some of the communities developed into thriving towns that still exist today. La Rosa challenges the claims of previous scholars and demonstrates how romanticized the communities have become in historical memory. In part by using detailed maps drawn on site, La Rosa shows that "palenques" were smaller and fewer in number than previously thought and they contained mostly local, rather than long-distance, fugitives. In addition, the residents were less aggressive and violent than myth holds, often preferring to flee rather than fight a system of oppression that was even more effective and organized than generally supposed. La Rosa's study illuminates many social and economic issues related to the African diaspora in the Caribbean, with particular focus on slavery, resistance, and independence. This translation makes the book available in English for the first time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Latin America - General - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 973.916 |
| LCCN: 2003005071 |
| Lexile Measure: 1490 |
| Series: Envisioning Cuba (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.12" W x 9.38" (0.98 lbs) 292 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Cultural Region - Latin America - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Combining archaeological and historical methods, Gabino La Rosa Corzo provides the most detailed and accurate available account of the runaway slave settlements (palenques) that formed in the inaccessible mountain chains of eastern Cuba from 1737 to 1850, decades before the end of slavery on the island. The traces that remain of these communities provide important clues to historical processes such as slave resistance and emancipation, anticolonial insurgency, and the emergence of a free peasantry. Some of the communities developed into thriving towns that still exist today. La Rosa challenges the claims of previous scholars and demonstrates how romanticized the communities have become in historical memory. In part by using detailed maps drawn on site, La Rosa shows that palenques were smaller and fewer in number than previously thought and they contained mostly local, rather than long-distance, fugitives. In addition, the residents were less aggressive and violent than myth holds, often preferring to flee rather than fight a system of oppression that was even more effective and organized than generally supposed. La Rosa's study illuminates many social and economic issues related to the African diaspora in the Caribbean, with particular focus on slavery, resistance, and independence. This translation makes the book available in English for the first time. |
Contributor Bio(s): La Rosa Corzo, Gabino: - Gabino La Rosa Corzo is a researcher at the Center for Anthropological Study at the University of Havana. Translator Mary Todd lives in Havana. |
