Wage-earning Slaves

Wage-earning Slaves
Author: Claudia Varella
Publisher:
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2020
Genre: HISTORY
ISBN: 9781683402329


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"This volume is the first systematic study of coartación, a process by which slaves worked toward purchasing their freedom in installments. Focusing on Cuba, this book reveals that instead of providing a "path to manumission," the process was often rife with obstacles that blocked slaves from achieving liberty"--


Wage-earning Slaves
Language: en
Pages: 217
Authors: Claudia Varella
Categories: HISTORY
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020 - Publisher:

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"This volume is the first systematic study of coartación, a process by which slaves worked toward purchasing their freedom in installments. Focusing on Cuba, t
Scraping By
Language: en
Pages: 388
Authors: Seth Rockman
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-01-29 - Publisher: JHU Press

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Co-winner, 2010 Merle Curti Award, Organization of American HistoriansWinner, 2010 Philip Taft Labor History Book Award, ILR School at Cornell University and th
Wage-Earning Slaves
Language: en
Pages: 237
Authors: Claudia Varella
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-24 - Publisher: University Press of Florida

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Wage-Earning Slaves is the first systematic study of coartación, a process by which slaves worked toward purchasing their freedom in installments, long recogni
Less Than a Living Wage
Language: en
Pages: 16
Authors:
Categories: Cost and standard of living
Type: BOOK - Published: 1921 - Publisher:

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Slave Families and the Hato Economy in Puerto Rico
Language: en
Pages: 266
Authors: David M. Stark
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-24 - Publisher: University Press of Florida

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Scholarship on slavery in the Caribbean frequently emphasizes sugar and tobacco production, but this unique work illustrates the importance of the region’s ha