Fighting Slavery in the Caribbean - Life and Times of a British Family in Nineteenth Century Havana

A social history of mid-nineteenth century Cuba as experienced by George Backhouse (and his wife, Grace), who served on the Anglo-Spanish Havana Mixed Commission for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Through richly textured prose, enlivened with extracts from the Backhouses' correspondence, diaries, and other contemporary papers, Martinez-Fernandez paints a detailed picture of the Cuban slave trade, its role in the sugar industry, and the interrelated contradictions within Cuba's economy, society, and politics.

List of contents

Foreword, Luis Martínez-Fernández; Introduction, Luis Martínez-Fernández; Chapter I Havana Bound, Luis Martínez-Fernández; Chapter II Settling in the Tropics, Luis Martínez-Fernández; Chapter III The Mixed Commission and Cuba’s Emancipados, Luis Martínez-Fernández; Chapter IV Life in a “Male City”, Luis Martínez-Fernández; Chapter V Leisure and Pleasure, Luis Martínez-Fernández; Chapter VI Protestants in Roman Catholic Cuba, Luis Martínez-Fernández; Chapter VII A Land Flowing with Milk and Pestilence, Luis Martínez-Fernández; Chapter VIII The Return Home, Luis Martínez-Fernández;

About the author

Luis Martínez-Fernández

Summary

A social history of life in mid-19th-century Cuba as experienced by George Backhouse who served on the British Havana Mixed Commission for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. It details the Cuban slave trade and the interrelated contradictions within Cuba's economy, society and politics.

Product details

• Authors: Luis Martinez-Fernandez, Luis Martínez-Fernández, Martinez-Fernandez Luis
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.1998
• EAN: 9780765602473
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-0247-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Cuba, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery