Slavery Behind the Wall An Archaeology of a Cuban Coffee Plantation |
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| Author:
| Singleton, Theresa A. |
| Series title: | Cultural Heritage Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8130-5411-7 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2016 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $27.95 |
Book Description:
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Cuba had the largest slave society of the Spanish colonial empire. At Santa Ana de Biajacas the plantation owner sequestered slaves behind a massive masonry wall. In the first archaeological investigation of a Cuban plantation by an English speaker, Theresa Singleton explores how elite Cuban planters used the built environment to impose a hierarchical social order upon slave labourers.
Cuba had the largest slave society of the Spanish colonial empire. At Santa Ana de Biajacas the plantation owner sequestered slaves behind a massive masonry wall. In the first archaeological investigation of a Cuban plantation by an English speaker, Theresa Singleton explores how elite Cuban planters used the built environment to impose a hierarchical social order upon slave labourers.