Slave Emancipation In Cuba
Subtitle: The Transition to Free Labor, 1860-1899 (Pitt Latin American Studies)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: July 21, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780822957355
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Slavery & emancipation; c 1800 to c 1900; History; Sugar trade; Cuba - History; History - General History; Slavery; Sociology; Cuba; Caribbean & West Indies - General; History / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Latin America - General; 19th century; Emancipation; Plantation life; Slaves
Description: "Slave Emancipation in Cuba is the classic study of the end of slavery in Cuba. Rebecca J. Scott explores the dynamics of Cuban emancipation, arguing that slavery was not simply abolished by the metropolitan power of Spain or abandoned because of economic contradictions. Rather, slave emancipation was a prolonged, gradual and conflictive process unfolding through a series of social, legal, and economic transformations." "Scott demonstrates that slaves themselves helped to accelerate the elimination of slavery. Through flight, participation in nationalist insurgency, legal action, and self-purchase, slaves were able to force the issue, helping to dismantle slavery piece by piece. With emancipation, former slaves faced transformed, but still very limited, economic options. By the end of the nineteenth-century, some chose to join a new and ultimately successful rebellion against Spanish power." "In a new afterword, prepared for this edition, the author reflects on the complexities of postemancipation society, and on recent developments in historical methodology that make it possible to address these questions in new ways."--BOOK JACKET.