From Colonial Cuba to Madrid - Litigating Collective Freedom Native Rights in Spanish Empire,

"This book examines freedom and native based rights through a unique collective suit filed by hundreds of Afro descendant litigants in colonial Cuba. Crossing various disciplines, it will interest students and scholars of the African diaspora, Afro-Latin America, slavery, the Spanish empire, legal studies, and the age of revolutions"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Imperial reform, privatization, and enslavement; 2. An unorthodox pueblo and its apoderados; 3. Making the case for collective freedom; 4. Native bonds, native rights; 5. The council's ruling and the politics of litigation; 6. A 'pernicious' communication; 7. Violence, marronage, and litigation; 8. The final outcome of the case; 9. The nineteenth-century afterlife of the freedom edict of 1800; Conclusion; References; Index.

About the author

María Elena Díaz is Associate Professor of Latin American History at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the author of The Virgin, the King, and the Royal Slaves of El Cobre, 1670–1780 (2002), which was selected as an ACLS Humanities ebook.

Product details

• Authors: Maria Elena (University of California Diaz, María Elena Díaz
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2024
• EAN: 9781009494199
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0949419-9
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Afro-Latin America
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Spain, Cuba, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Latin America / General, c 1800 to c 1900, Caribbean islands, Colonialism & imperialism, Legal History, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, African History, History of the Americas, c 1780 to c 1789, Slavery & abolition of slavery, c 1810 to c 1819, C 1700 To C 1800, Slavery and abolition of slavery, c 1800 to c 1809, c 1790 to c 1799, Relating to people of the African diasporas / heritage