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by Rebecca Scott


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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.

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  • Title Slave Emancipation In Cuba: The Transition to Free Labor, 1860-1899
  • Author Rebecca Scott
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 360
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh
  • Date 2000-07-21
  • Features Bibliography, Maps
  • ISBN 9780822957355 / 0822957353
  • Weight 1.16 lbs (0.53 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.18 x 6.12 x 0.78 in (23.32 x 15.54 x 1.98 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Cultural Region: Caribbean
    • Cultural Region: Latin America
  • Library of Congress subjects Slaves - Emancipation - Cuba, Plantation life - Cuba - History - 19th
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001265854
  • Dewey Decimal Code 972.910

About the author

Rebecca J. Scott is Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Law at the University of Michigan.
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