Slave Revolts in Puerto Rico: Slave Conspiracies and Unrest in Puerto Rico, 1795-1873 - Softcover

Guillermo A. Baralt (author) & Christine R. Ayorinde (translation)

 
9781558764637: Slave Revolts in Puerto Rico: Slave Conspiracies and Unrest in Puerto Rico, 1795-1873
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1558764631 ISBN 13: 9781558764637
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

From the emergence of the first sugar plantations up until 1873, when slavery was abolished, the wealth amassed by many landowners in Puerto Rico derived mainly from the exploitation of slaves. But slavery generated its antithesis: disobedience, conspiracies, uprisings, and flight. Slave Revolts in Puerto Rico is a richly documented volume dealing with these expressions of collective resistance. The image of the docile and submissive slave presented by the prevailing historiography until very recently is no longer valid. Documents uncovered by Guillermo A. Baralt provide evidence of over forty uprising attempts, as detailed in this fascinating book.

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About the Author

Guillermo A. Baralt, University of Puerto Rico, is author of Buena Vista: Life and Work on a Puerto Rican Hacienda, 1833-1904. Christine Ayorinde's translations from Spanish include Afro-Cuban Religions by Miguel Barnet (Markus Wiener, 2001) and Afro-Cuban Myths by Romulo Lachatanere (Markus Wiener, 2005).

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Publisher
Markus Wiener Publishers
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1558764631
ISBN 13 
9781558764637
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
190

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