Rethinking Slave Rebellion in Cuba La Escalera and the Insurgencies Of 1841-1844 |
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| Author:
| Finch, Aisha K. |
| Series title: | Envisioning Cuba Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4696-2234-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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Envisioning La Escalera - an underground rebel movement largely composed of Africans living on farms and plantations in rural western Cuba - in the larger context of the long emancipation struggle in Cuba, Aisha Finch demonstrates how organised slave resistance became critical to the unraveling not only of slavery but also of colonial systems of power during the nineteenth century.
Envisioning La Escalera - an underground rebel movement largely composed of Africans living on farms and plantations in rural western Cuba - in the larger context of the long emancipation struggle in Cuba, Aisha Finch demonstrates how organised slave resistance became critical to the unraveling not only of slavery but also of colonial systems of power during the nineteenth century.