Aching, Gerard.

Freedom from liberation : slavery, sentiment, and literature in Cuba / Gerard Aching. - xi, 251 pages ; 24 cm. - Blacks in the diaspora . - Blacks in the diaspora. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index.

Introduction -- liberalisms at odds: slavery and the struggle for an autochthonous literature -- In spite of himself: unconscious resistance and melancholy attachments in Manzano's autobiography -- Being adequate to the task: an abolitionist translates the desire to be free -- Freedom without equality: slave protagonists, free blacks, and their bodies -- Epilogue.

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Manzano, Juan Francisco, 1797-1854. Autobiografía.


Autobiografía (Manzano, Juan Francisco)


1800-1899


Slaves--Cuba--Biography.
Slavery--History--Cuba--19th century.
Slavery.
Slaves.


Cuba.


Biography.
History.

HT1076 / .M2835 2015

306.3/6209729109034