Slavery and antislavery in Spain's Atlantic empire. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Josep M. Fradera and Christopher Schmidt-Nowara.
• Editors: Fradera, Josep Maria; Schmidt-Nowara, Christopher, 1966-2015
• Contents: Introduction: Colonial Pioneer, Plantation Latecomer; Josep M. Fradera and Christopher Schmidt-Nowara Chapter 1. The Slave Trade in the Spanish Empire (1501-1808): The Shift from Periphery to Center; Josep M. Delgado Chapter 2. The Portuguese Missionaries and Early Modern Antislavery; Luiz Felipe de Alencastro Chapter 3. The Economic Role of Slavery in a Non-Slave Society: The River Plate, 1750-1860; Juan Carlos Garavaglia Chapter 4. Slaves and the Creation of Legal Rights in Cuba: Coartación and Papel (reprinted from Hispanic American Historical Review); Alejandro de la Fuente Chapter 5. Cuban Slavery and Atlantic Antislavery (reprinted from Review: A Journal of the Fernand Braudel Center); Ada Ferrer Chapter 6. Wilberforce Spanished: Joseph Blanco White and Spanish Antislavery, 1808-1814; Christopher Schmidt-Nowara Chapter 7. Spanish Merchants and the Slave Trade: From Legality to Illegality, 1814-1870; Martín Rodrigo Chapter 8. The Amistad : Ramón Ferrer, Cuba, and the Transatlantic Dimensions of Slaving and Contraband Trade; Michael Zeuske Chapter 9. Antislavery before Abolitionism: Networks and Motives in Early Liberal Barcelona, 1833-1844; Albert Garcia Balañà Chapter 10. Moments in a Postponed Abolition; Josep M. Fradera Chapter 11. From Empires of Slaves to Empires of Antislavery; Seymour Drescher
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306.36209729; Slave trade -- Caribbean Area -- History; Slave trade -- Latin America -- History; Slavery -- Caribbean Area -- History; Slavery -- Latin America -- History; Antislavery movements -- Caribbean Area -- History; Antislavery movements -- Latin America -- History; Spain -- Colonies -- America -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857459343
• Related ISBNs: 9780857459336
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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