Slave emancipation in Cuba : the transition to free labor, 1860-1899 / Rebecca J. Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, Rebecca J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plantation life--Cuba--History--19th century.

Plantation life.

Sugar trade--Cuba--History--19th century.

Sugar trade.

Cuba.

Genre:

History

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 pages) : illustrations, tables, maps, photographs

Edition:

[New pbk. edition.n].

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgment

Abbreviations

Introduction

I. Sugar and Slavery

Part One: Conflict, Adaptation, and Challenge, 1868

1879

II. Insurrection and Slavery

III. Spain Responds: The Moret Law

IV. Adaptation: 1870

1877

V. Challenge

Part Two: The Limits of Gradualism, 1880

1886

VI. The Patronato

VII. Patrocinados: Obstacles and Initiative

VIII. Masters: Strategies of Control

Part Three: Postemancipation Responses, 1880

1899

IX. Planters and the State

X. Former Slaves

XI. Land and Society

XII. Conclusion and Epilogue

Afterword

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-318) and index.

ISBN:

9780822972167

0822972166

9780691076676

0691076677

OCLC:

1446261900