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Ada Ferrer Freedom's Mirror (Paperback). Author: Ada Ferrer. Yet on the Spanish island of Cuba barely fifty miles distant, the events in Haiti helped usher in the antithesis of revolutionary emancipation. When Cuban planters and authorities saw the devastation of the neighboring colony, they rushed to fill the void left in the world market for sugar, to buttress the institutions of slavery and colonial rule, and to prevent 'another Haiti' from happening in their own territory. Further DetailsTitle: Freedom's Mirror Condition: New Subtitle: Cuba and Haiti in the Age of Revolution Author: Ada Ferrer Format: Paperback EAN: 9781107697782 ISBN: 9781107697782 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Genre: History Release Date: 11/24/2014 Description: During the Haitian Revolution of 1791–1804, arguably the most radical revolution of the modern world, slaves and former slaves succeeded in ending slavery and establishing an independent state. Yet on the Spanish island of Cuba barely fifty miles distant, the events in Haiti helped usher in the antithesis of revolutionary emancipation. When Cuban planters and authorities saw the devastation of the neighboring colony, they rushed to fill the void left in the world market for sugar, to buttress the institutions of slavery and colonial rule, and to prevent 'another Haiti' from happening in their own territory. Freedom's Mirror follows the reverberations of the Haitian Revolution in Cuba, where the violent entrenchment of slavery occurred at the very moment that the Haitian Revolution provided a powerful and proximate example of slaves destroying slavery. By creatively linking two stories - the story of the Haitian Revolution and that of the rise of Cuban slave society - that are usually told separately, Ada Ferrer sheds fresh light on both of these crucial moments in Caribbean and Atlantic history. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 230mm Item Length: 152mm Item Width: 21mm Item Weight: 530g Release Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
