Odious commerce : Britain, Spain, and the abolition of the Cuban slave trade
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Odious commerce : Britain, Spain, and the abolition of the Cuban slave trade
（Cambridge Latin American studies, 37）
Cambridge University Press, 2002, c1980
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"First published 1980. First paperback edition 2002"--T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. [400]-415
Includes index
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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.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. 'Opening' of a legal trade
- 2. Parliament versus Cortes
- 3. Legality and illegality
- 4. The treaty of 1817
- 5. Enforcement and re-enforcement: the attempt to make the slave trade prohibition effective
- 6. The treaty of 1835
- 7. An abolitionist era
- 8. The Turnbull affair
- 9. The Escalera conspiracy
- 10. The penal law of 1845
- 11. Free trade and annexationism
- 12. The failure of the penal law
- 13. A new class of slaves
- 14. The abolition of the Cuban slave trade
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
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