Odious commerce : Britain, Spain, and the abolition of the Cuban slave trade
Based on a thorough examination of British and Spanish records, this study reveals how important British influence was on the course of Cuban history
Print Book, English, 1980
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [England], 1980
xi, 423 pages ; 23 cm
9780521228671, 0521228670
6085587
Machine derived contents note: 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