Aching, Gerard,

Freedom from liberation : slavery, sentiment, and literature in Cuba / Gerard Aching. - 1 online resource (272 pages) - Blacks in the diaspora . - Blacks in the diaspora. .

Includes bibliographical references 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.

9780253017055 (e-book)


Manzano, Juan Francisco, 1797-1854. Autobiografía.


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


Electronic books.

HT1076 / .M2835 015eb

306.3/6209729109034