Transatlantic Bondage - Slavery and Society in Spain, Santo Domingo, and Puerto Rico

A deeply researched, pathbreaking collection of original and newly translated essays on slavery in Spain, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico.This groundbreaking volume addresses the enslavement and experiences of Black Africans in Spain and the Spanish Caribbean, particularly La Espanola (or Hispaniola) and Puerto Rico, two of the earliest colonies. Spanning nearly four hundred years and rooted in extensive archival research, Transatlantic Bondage sheds light on a number of relatively underexamined topics in these locales, including the development and application of slavery laws, disobedience and its consequences, migration, gender, family, lifestyle, and community building among the free Black population and white allies. In bringing together new and recent work by leading scholars, including two essays translated into English here for the first time, the book is also a call for further study of slavery in the Spanish Caribbean and its impact on the region.

Product details

• Authors: Lissette Acosta (EDT) Corniel
• Assisted by: Lissette Acosta Corniel (Editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2024
• EAN: 9781438497938
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9793-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: SUNY series, Afro-Latinx Futures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, European History, Spain, HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), Caribbean islands, History of the Americas, Black & Asian Studies, HISTORY / Europe / Spain, Relating to people of the African diasporas / heritage