The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the struggle against Atlantic slavery

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Childs, Matt D., 1970-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2006.
Series:Envisioning Cuba.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: worse than Aponte
  • The present time period is very delicate: Cuban slavery and the changing Atlantic world, 1750-1850
  • Nothing worse in the world than to be a slave: slaves and free people of color in early nineteenth-century Cuba
  • Organizing the rebellion: the overlapping worlds of the militia and the Cabildos de Nación
  • Burn the plantations: the Cuban Aponte Rebellion(s) of 1812
  • Vanquish the arrogance of our enemies: emancipation rumors and rebellious royalism
  • Conclusion: plaques of loyalty: the legacy of the Aponte Rebellion
  • Appendix: Biographical database of the Aponte rebels.