TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sartorious, David
AB  - Known for much of the nineteenth century as "the ever-faithful isle," Cuba did not earn its independence from Spain until 1898, long after most American colonies had achieved emancipation from European rule. In this groundbreaking history, David Sartorius explores the relationship between political allegiance and race in nineteenth-century Cuba. Challenging assumptions that loyalty to the Spanish empire was the exclusive province of the white Cuban elite, he examines the free and enslaved people of African descent who actively supported colonialism. By claiming loyalty, many black and mulatto Cubans attained some degree of social mobility, legal freedom, and political inclusion in a world where hierarchy and inequality were the fundamental lineaments of colonial subjectivity. Sartorius explores Cuba's battlefields, plantations, and meeting halls to consider the goals and limits of loyalty. In the process, he makes a bold call for fresh perspectives on imperial ideologies of race and on the rich political history of the African diaspora. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.
DO  - 10.26530/OAPEN_469253
ID  - OAPEN ID: 469253
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 952619359
KW  - race
KW  - history
KW  - latin america
KW  - latin american studies
KW  - Captain general
KW  - Cienfuegos
KW  - Cuba
KW  - Havana
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Spain
KW  - Spanish Empire
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/8f50f8cf-0f1a-418c-94e6-916116e0ea06/469253.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33474
PB  - Duke University Press
PP  - Durham, NC
PY  - 2014
SN  - 9780822355939;9780822377078
TI  - Ever Faithful - Race, Loyalty and the Ends of Empire in Spanish Cubanull
ER  - 
