Virgin, King, and Royal Slaves of El Cobre Negotiating Freedom in Colonial Cuba, 1670-1780

"This is an outstanding, highly original piece of work that should appeal to a very wide audience, given the great variety of themes the author discusses: slavery, freedom, legality, status, gender roles, authority, marginality, religion, social structure, colonial society, Cuban history, Caribbean history, and early Spanish colonial history."Franklin W. Knight, Johns Hopkins University "This fascinating book treats issues of broad, interdisciplinary significance in original and stimulating ways, lending historical depth and concreteness to problems that are often pursued too abstractly. This is the best sort of history, one that will have an impact on the historical study of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as on the fields of anthropology and cultural studies."Ana Maria Alonso, University of ArizonaDiaz, Maria Elena is the author of 'Virgin, King, and Royal Slaves of El Cobre Negotiating Freedom in Colonial Cuba, 1670-1780', published 2002 under ISBN 9780804747134 and ISBN 080474713X.