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Author Schmidt-Nowara, Christopher, 1966-2015.

Title Empire and antislavery : Spain, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, 1833-1874 / Christopher Schmidt-Nowara.

Publication Info. Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [1999]
©1999

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  HT1078 .S38 1999    Available  ---
Description xiii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Pitt Latin American series
Pitt Latin American series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: Spain in the Antilles and the Antilles in Spain -- The limits of revolution: slavery and liberty in Spain and Cuba, 1833-1854 -- "Cuestión de brazos": the rise of Puerto Rican antislavery, 1840-1860 -- Free trade and protectionism: the transformation of the metropolitan public sphere, 1854-1868 -- Family, association, and free wage labor: social reform in liberal Madrid, 1854-1868 -- The colonial public sphere: the making of the Spanish Abolitionist Society, 1861-1868 -- Revolution and slavery, 1868-1870 -- "Today victory is assured": abolitionism and a new imperial order, 1870-1874 -- Conclusion: the impact and legacy of abolitionism.
Subject Antislavery movements -- Cuba.
Antislavery movements.
Cuba.
Antislavery movements -- Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico.
Antislavery movements -- Spain.
Spain.
Sociedad Abolicionista Española.
Sociedad Abolicionista Española.
Spain -- Colonies -- America.
Colonies.
America.
ISBN 082295690X paperback alkaline paper
0822940892 cloth alkaline paper