Schmidt-Nowara, Christopher.

Slavery, Freedom, and Abolition in Latin America and the Atlantic World. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (223 pages) - Diálogos Series . - Diálogos Series .

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations, Maps, and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Slavery and Iberian Colonization -- Portrait One: Estevanico and the Exploration of the Spanish Borderlands -- 2: Bewtiful Empyre: Challenges to Iberian Dominance and the Transformation of New World Slavery -- Portrait Two: Jacqueline Lemelle and Chica da Silva: Slavery, Freedom, and Family -- 3: An Era of Emancipation: Slavery and Revolution in the Americas -- Portrait Three: Simón Bolívar and the Problem of Equality -- 4: The Resurgence and Destruction of Slavery in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Brazil -- Portrait Four: Abolitionists of the Second Slavery -- Conclusion: Legacies of Latin American Slavery -- Notes -- Glossary -- Further Reading -- Index -- Back Cover.

Why slavery was so resilient and how people in Latin America fought against it are the subjects of this compelling study.

9780826339058


Slavery--Latin America--History.
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Latin America--History.
Antislavery movements--Latin America--History.
Latin America--History.
Latin America--Biography.


Electronic books.

HT1052.5.S36 2011

306.3/62098