Odious Commerce: Britain, Spain and the Abolition of the Cuban Slave Trade (Cambridge Latin American Studies, Series Number 37)

Odious Commerce: Britain, Spain and the Abolition of the Cuban Slave Trade (Cambridge Latin American Studies, Series Number 37) image
ISBN-10:

0521524695

ISBN-13:

9780521524698

Author(s): Murray, David R.
Released: Sep 12, 2002
Format: Paperback, 440 pages
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Description:

The Atlantic slave trade brought to Cuba the African slaves who created the dramatic transformation of the island from a relative backwater of Spain's colonial empire in the mid-eighteenth century to the world's richest plantation colony one hundred years later. Britain played a vital role in this transformation. British slave traders were the chief suppliers of Cuba's slaves in the eighteenth century; in the nineteenth century Britain became the greatest threat to Cuba's prosperity when she attempted to make Spain follow her example and abolish the slave trade. Dr Murray's study, based on a thorough examination of British and Spanish records, reveals how important British influence was on the course of Cuban history.


























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