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9781558764620
From the emergence of the first sugar plantations up until 1873, when slavery was abolished, the wealth amassed by many landowners in Puerto Rico derived mainly from the exploitation of slaves. But slavery generated its antithesis - disobedience, uprisings and flights. This book documents these expressions of collective resistance.Baralt, Guillermo A. is the author of 'Slave Revolts in Puerto Rico : Slave Conspiracies and Unrest:Puerto Rico 1795-1873', published 2007 under ISBN 9781558764620 and ISBN 1558764623.
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