The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the struggle against Atlantic slavery / Matt D. Childs.

Author/creator Childs, Matt D., 1970-
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxi, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Slavery--Cuba.
Slave rebellions--Cuba.
Slavery--America. --History.

Variant title Eighteen-twelve Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the struggle against Atlantic slavery
SeriesEnvisioning Cuba
Envisioning Cuba. ^A475880
Contents Introduction: worse than Aponte -- The present time period is very delicate: Cuban slavery and the changing Atlantic world, 1750-1850 -- Nothing worse in the world than to be a slave: slaves and free people of color in early nineteenth-century Cuba -- Organizing the rebellion: the overlapping worlds of the militia and the Cabildos de Nación -- Burn the plantations: the Cuban Aponte Rebellion(s) of 1812 -- Vanquish the arrogance of our enemies: emancipation rumors and rebellious royalism -- Conclusion: plaques of loyalty: the legacy of the Aponte Rebellion -- Appendix: Biographical database of the Aponte rebels.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [261]-287) and index.
LCCN 2006014641
ISBN0807830585 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807857726 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807830581
ISBN9780807857724