Odious Commerce

Britain, Spain and the Abolition of the Cuban Slave Trade
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-521-52469-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 37, 437 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 617 g

Reihe: Cambridge Latin American Studies

The Atlantic slave trade brought to Cuba the African slaves who created the dramatic transformation of the island from a relative backwater of Spain's colonial empire in the mid-eighteenth century to the world's richest plantation colony one hundred years later. Britain played a vital role in this transformation. British slave traders were the chief suppliers of Cuba's slaves in the eighteenth century; in the nineteenth century Britain became the greatest threat to Cuba's prosperity when she attempted to make Spain follow her example and abolish the slave trade. Dr Murray's study, based on a thorough examination of British and Spanish records, reveals how important British influence was on the course of Cuban history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Murray, David

Knight, Alan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Sklaverei

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. 'Opening' of a legal trade; 2. Parliament versus Cortes; 3. Legality and illegality; 4. The treaty of 1817; 5. Enforcement and re-enforcement: the attempt to make the slave trade prohibition effective; 6. The treaty of 1835; 7. An abolitionist era; 8. The Turnbull affair; 9. The Escalera conspiracy; 10. The penal law of 1845; 11. Free trade and annexationism; 12. The failure of the penal law; 13. A new class of slaves; 14. The abolition of the Cuban slave trade; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index.