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The Year of the Lash - Free People of Color in Cuba and the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World (Paperback) Loot Price: R807
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The Year of the Lash - Free People of Color in Cuba and the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World (Paperback): Michele Reid-Vazquez

The Year of the Lash - Free People of Color in Cuba and the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World (Paperback)

Michele Reid-Vazquez

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Michele Reid-Vazquez reveals the untold story of the strategies of negotia-tion used by free blacks in the aftermath of the "Year of the Lash"--a wave of repression in Cuba that had great implications for the Atlantic World in the next two decades.

At dawn on June 29, 1844, a firing squad in Havana executed ten accused ringleaders of the Conspiracy of La Escalera, an alleged plot to abolish slavery and colonial rule in Cuba. The condemned men represented prominent members of Cuba's free community of African descent, including the acclaimed poet Placido (Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes). In an effort to foster a white majority and curtail black rebellion, Spanish colonial authorities also banished, imprisoned, and exiled hundreds of free blacks, dismantled the militia of color, and accelerated white immigration projects.

Scholars have debated the existence of the Conspiracy of La Escalera for over a century, yet little is known about how those targeted by the violence responded. Drawing on archival material from Cuba, Mexico, Spain, and the United States, Reid-Vazquez provides a critical window into under-standing how free people of color challenged colonial policies of terror and pursued justice on their own terms using formal and extralegal methods. Whether rooted in Cuba or cast into the Atlantic World, free men and women of African descent stretched and broke colonial expectations of their codes of conduct locally and in exile. Their actions underscored how black agency, albeit fragmented, worked to destabilize repression's impact.

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Imprint: University of Georgia Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: November 2011
First published: November 2011
Authors: Michele Reid-Vazquez
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-4068-5
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN: 0-8203-4068-5
Barcode: 9780820340685

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