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oapen-20.500.12657-334742021-11-04T14:12:45Z Ever Faithful - Race, Loyalty and the Ends of Empire in Spanish Cuba Sartorious, David race history latin america latin american studies Captain general Cienfuegos Cuba Havana Slavery Spain Spanish Empire bic Book Industry Communication::1 Geographical Qualifiers::1K The Americas::1KJ Caribbean islands::1KJC Cuba bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJQ History of other lands Known for much of the nineteenth century as "the ever-faithful isle," Cuba did not earn its independence from Spain until 1898, long after most American colonies had achieved emancipation from European rule. In this groundbreaking history, David Sartorius explores the relationship between political allegiance and race in nineteenth-century Cuba. Challenging assumptions that loyalty to the Spanish empire was the exclusive province of the white Cuban elite, he examines the free and enslaved people of African descent who actively supported colonialism. By claiming loyalty, many black and mulatto Cubans attained some degree of social mobility, legal freedom, and political inclusion in a world where hierarchy and inequality were the fundamental lineaments of colonial subjectivity. Sartorius explores Cuba's battlefields, plantations, and meeting halls to consider the goals and limits of loyalty. In the process, he makes a bold call for fresh perspectives on imperial ideologies of race and on the rich political history of the African diaspora. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched. 2018-06-27 23:55 2014-03-10 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:47:50Z 2020-04-01T14:47:50Z 2014 book 469253 OCN: 952619359 9780822355939;9780822377078 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33474 eng application/pdf n/a 469253.pdf http://read.dukeupress.edu/content/ever-faithful Duke University Press Duke University Press Books 10.26530/OAPEN_469253 10.26530/OAPEN_469253 f0d6aaef-4159-4e01-b1ea-a7145b2ab14b b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780822355939;9780822377078 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Duke University Press Books Durham, NC KU Pilot Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Known for much of the nineteenth century as "the ever-faithful isle," Cuba did not earn its independence from Spain until 1898, long after most American colonies had achieved emancipation from European rule. In this groundbreaking history, David Sartorius explores the relationship between political allegiance and race in nineteenth-century Cuba. Challenging assumptions that loyalty to the Spanish empire was the exclusive province of the white Cuban elite, he examines the free and enslaved people of African descent who actively supported colonialism. By claiming loyalty, many black and mulatto Cubans attained some degree of social mobility, legal freedom, and political inclusion in a world where hierarchy and inequality were the fundamental lineaments of colonial subjectivity. Sartorius explores Cuba's battlefields, plantations, and meeting halls to consider the goals and limits of loyalty. In the process, he makes a bold call for fresh perspectives on imperial ideologies of race and on the rich political history of the African diaspora. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.
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