Freedom's Mirror: Cuba and Haiti in the Age of Revolution

by Ada Ferrer

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107697786
• ISBN13: 9781107697782
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"