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In 1762, British forces mobilized more than 230 ships and 26,000
soldiers, sailors, and enslaved Africans to attack Havana, one of
the wealthiest and most populous ports in the Americas. They met
fierce resistance. Spanish soldiers and local militias in Cuba,
along with enslaved Africans who were promised freedom, held off
the enemy for six suspenseful weeks. In the end, the British
prevailed, but more lives were lost in the invasion and subsequent
eleven-month British occupation of Havana than during the entire
Seven Years' War in North America. The Occupation of Havana offers
a nuanced and poignantly human account of the British capture and
Spanish recovery of this coveted Caribbean city. The book explores
both the interconnected histories of the British and Spanish
empires and the crucial role played by free people of color and the
enslaved in the creation and defense of Havana. Tragically, these
men and women would watch their promise of freedom and greater
rights vanish in the face of massive slave importation and
increased sugar production upon Cuba's return to Spanish rule. By
linking imperial negotiations with events in Cuba and their
consequences, Elena Schneider sheds new light on the relationship
between slavery and empire at the dawn of the Age of Revolutions.
In 1762, British forces mobilized more than 230 ships and 26,000
soldiers, sailors, and enslaved Africans to attack Havana, one of
the wealthiest and most populous ports in the Americas. They met
fierce resistance. Spanish soldiers and local militias in Cuba,
along with enslaved Africans who were promised freedom, held off
the enemy for six suspenseful weeks. In the end, the British
prevailed, but more lives were lost in the invasion and subsequent
eleven-month British occupation of Havana than during the entire
Seven Years' War in North America. The Occupation of Havana offers
a nuanced and poignantly human account of the British capture and
Spanish recovery of this coveted Caribbean city. The book explores
both the interconnected histories of the British and Spanish
empires and the crucial role played by free people of color and the
enslaved in the creation and defense of Havana. Tragically, these
men and women would watch their promise of freedom and greater
rights vanish in the face of massive slave importation and
increased sugar production upon Cuba's return to Spanish rule. By
linking imperial negotiations with events in Cuba and their
consequences, Elena Schneider sheds new light on the relationship
between slavery and empire at the dawn of the Age of Revolutions.
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