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Wage-Earning Slaves - Coartacion in Nineteenth-Century Cuba (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,363
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Wage-Earning Slaves - Coartacion in Nineteenth-Century Cuba (Hardcover): Claudia Varella, Manuel Barcia

Wage-Earning Slaves - Coartacion in Nineteenth-Century Cuba (Hardcover)

Claudia Varella, Manuel Barcia

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Wage-Earning Slaves is the first systematic study of coartacion, a process by which slaves worked toward purchasing their freedom in installments, long recognized as a distinctive feature of certain areas under Spanish colonial rule in the nineteenth century. Focusing on Cuba, this book reveals that instead of providing a "path to manumission," the process was often rife with obstacles that blocked slaves from achieving liberty.Claudia Varella and Manuel Barcia trace the evolution of coartacion in the context of urban and rural settings, documenting the lived experiences of slaves through primary sources from many different archives. They show that slaveowners grew increasingly intolerant and abusive of the process, and that the laws of coartacion were not often followed in practice. The process did not become formalized as a contract between slaves and their masters until 1875, after abolition had already come. Varella and Barcia discuss how coartados did not see an improvement in their situation at this time, but essentially became wage-earning slaves as they continued serving their former owners. The exhaustive research in this volume provides valuable insight into how slaves and their masters negotiated with each other in the ever-changing economic world of nineteenth-century Cuba, where freedom was not always absolute and where abuses and corruption most often prevailed.

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Imprint: University Press of Florida
Country of origin: United States
Release date: November 2020
Authors: Claudia Varella • Manuel Barcia
Dimensions: 229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 978-1-68340-165-0
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > History of other lands
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
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LSN: 1-68340-165-4
Barcode: 9781683401650

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