| Empire and Antislavery: Spain Cuba and Puerto Rico 1833-1874 Contributor(s): Schmidt-Nowara, Christopher (Author) |
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ISBN: 082295690X ISBN-13: 9780822956907 Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1999 Annotation: In 1872, there were more than 300,000 slaves in Cuba and Puerto Rico. Though the Spanish government had passed a law for gradual abolition in 1870, slaveowners, particularly in Cuba, clung tenaciously to their slaves as unfree labor was at the core of the colonial economies. Nonetheless, people throughout the Spanish empire fought to abolish slavery, including the Antillean and Spanish liberals and republicans who founded the Spanish Abolitionist Society in 1865. This book is an extensive study of the origins of the Abolitionist Society and its role in the destruction of Cuban and Puerto Rican slavery and the reshaping of colonial politics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal - Social Science | Slavery - Political Science |
| Dewey: 326.809 |
| LCCN: 99-6423 |
| Series: Pitt Latin American |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.03" W x 9.03" (0.76 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - Central Europe |