Description: Yesterday's Muse, Inc. presents ... The Occupation of Havana: War, Trade, and Slavery in the Atlantic World ISBN:1469672529 Author:Schneider, Elena A. Publisher:The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture / The University of North Carolina Press Release Date:2018 Seller Category:-- Qty Available:1 Condition:New Sku: 2337116 Notes: A fine copy. 2018 Trade Paperback. 333 pp. In 1762, British forces mobilized more than 230 ships and 26,000 soldiers, sailors, and enslaved Africans to attack Havana, one of the wealthiest and most populous ports in the Americas. They met fierce resistance. Spanish soldiers and local militias in Cuba, along with enslaved Africans who were promised freedom, held off the enemy for six suspenseful weeks. In the end, the British prevailed, but more lives were lost in the invasion and subsequent eleven-month British occupation of Havana than during the entire Seven Years' War in North America. The Occupation of Havana offers a nuanced and poignantly human account of the British capture and Spanish recovery of this coveted Caribbean city. The book explores both the interconnected histories of the British and Spanish empires and the crucial role played by free people of color and the enslaved in the creation and defense of Havana. Tragically, these men and women would watch their promise of freedom and greater rights vanish in the face of massive slave importation and increased sugar production upon Cuba's return to Spanish rule. By linking imperial negotiations with events in Cuba and their consequences, Elena Schneider sheds new light on the relationship between slavery and empire at the dawn of the Age of Revolutions. Don't forget to check out other great deals in our eBay Store!!
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Book Title: Occupation of Havana : War, Trade, and Slavery in the Atlantic World
Number of Pages: 360 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Omohundro Institute of Early American History & CULTURE
Publication Year: 2022
Topic: Military / United States, Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba, Latin America / General
Item Height: 1 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: History
Item Weight: 18.3 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Elena A. Schneider
Item Width: 6.1 in
Book Series: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
