Wage-earning slaves : coartación in nineteenth-century Cuba /

"This volume is the first systematic study of coartación, a process by which slaves worked toward purchasing their freedom in installments. Focusing on Cuba, this book reveals that instead of providing a "path to manumission," the process was often rife with obstacles that blocked sla...

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Main Authors: Varella, Claudia (Author), Barcia Paz, Manuel, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2020]
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