In this study of slavery in colonial Ecuador and southern Colombia the author argues that the most fundamental dimension of slavery was governance and the extension of imperial power. He shows that enslaved black captives were foundational to 16th century royal claims on the Ame…
In this pioneering study of slavery in colonial Ecuador and southern Colombia--Spain's Kingdom of Quito--Sherwin Bryant argues that the most fundamental dimension of slavery was governance and the extension of imperial power. Bryant shows that enslaved black captives were founda…
Images of Africa challenges the widely-held idea that Africans are powerless in the creation of self-image. It explores the ways in which image creation is a process of negotiation entered into by a wide range of actors within and beyond the continent 2013 in presidents2019 offi…
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Africans in Colonial Matanzas -- 2 Rural Slave Networks and Insurgent Geographies -- 3 The 1843 Rebellions in Matanzas -- 4 To Raise a Rebellion in Matanzas: The Urban Connection, 1841-1843 -- 5 And the Women Also Knew: T…
"Envisioning La Escalera--an underground rebel movement largely composed of Africans living on farms and plantations in rural western Cuba--in the larger context of the long emancipation struggle in Cuba, Aisha Finch demonstrates how organized slave resistance became critical to…