The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the struggle against Atlantic slavery / Matt D. Childs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Childs, Matt D., 1970-

Series:

Envisioning Cuba.

Envisioning Cuba

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Cuba.

Slavery.

Slave rebellions--Cuba.

Slave rebellions.

Slavery--America--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Eighteen-twelve Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the struggle against Atlantic slavery

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1812, a series of revolts known collectively as the Aponte Rebellion erupted across the island of Cuba, comprising one of the largest and most important slave insurrections in Caribbean history. This title provides an analysis of the rebellion, situating it in local, colonial, imperial, and Atlantic World contexts.

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 Nacion

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-287) and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908808-3-3

1-4696-0607-0

0-8078-7741-7

OCLC:

476268425