Under the flags of freedom
Subtitle: slave soldiers and the wars of independence in Spanish South America
By: Peter Blanchard.
Series: Pitt Latin American series
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Pittsburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780822943471; 9780822959922
Subjects: Soldiers, Black -- South America -- History -- 19th century; Slaves -- South America -- History -- 19th century; South America -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1806-1830
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A historical tradition; title: Serving the king in Venezuela and New Granada; title: Fighting for the patria in the Rio de la Plata; title: Changing loyalties in the North; title: Controlling slave recruitment in Chile and Peru; title: Recruitment and resistance; title: The personal war of slave women; title: The survival of slavery.