Paying the Price of Freedom
Author | : Christine Hünefeldt |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1994-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0520082923 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780520082922 |
Rating | : 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "I know of no other work on Latin American slavery during the decades before emancipation that captures the slaves' relentless pursuit of freedom as poignantly as does this one."--Francisco A. Scarano, University of Wisconsin, Madison "A splendid and important contribution to a growing body of literature on nineteenth-century slavery and abolition."--Frederick P. Bowser, Stanford University "I know of no other work on Latin American slavery during the decades before emancipation that captures the slaves' relentless pursuit of freedom as poignantly as does this one."--Francisco A. Scarano, University of Wisconsin, Madison