Title: Empire and antislavery : Spain, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, 1833-1874 /
Authors: Schmidt-Nowara, Christopher, 1966-
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Sociedad Abolicionista Española.; Antislavery movements Cuba.; Antislavery movements Puerto Rico.; Antislavery movements Spain.; Spain Colonies America.
Contents: Introduction: Spain in the Antilles and the Antilles in Spain -- The limits of revolution: slavery and liberty in Spain and Cuba, 1833-1854 -- "Cuestión de brazos": the rise of Puerto Rican antislavery, 1840-1860 -- Free trade and protectionism: the transformation of the metropolitan public sphere, 1854-1868 -- Family, association, and free wage labor: social reform in liberal Madrid, 1854-1868 -- The colonial public sphere: the making of the Spanish Abolitionist Society, 1861-1868 -- Revolution and slavery, 1868-1870 -- "Today victory is assured": abolitionism and a new imperial order, 1870-1874 -- Conclusion: the impact and legacy of abolitionism.