Empire And Antislavery: Spain, Cuba, And Puerto Rico, 1833-1874
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| Originally published | 1999 |
| Authors | Christopher Schmidt-Nowara |
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| ID | 2388905 |
About Empire And Antislavery: Spain, Cuba, And Puerto Rico, 1833-1874
In 1872, there were more than 300,000 slaves in Cuba and Puerto Rico. Though the Spanish government had passed a law for gradual abolition in 1870, slaveowners, particularly in Cuba, clung tenaciously to their slaves as unfree labour was at the core of the colonial economies. . . .