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    • Freeing Oneself The Meaning and Practice of Coartacion 

      Varella, Claudia ; Barcia, Manuel (2020)
      In 1789 the Spanish crown eliminated the old monopolistic practice of the Asiento, which had kept the slave trade to Cuba in the hands of a selected number of individuals and firms since the sixteenth century, allowing for ...

    • "Roaming Coartados" Strengthening the Rural Slave Sector 

      Varella, Claudia ; Barcia, Manuel (University Press of Florida, 2020)
      Sugar cane plantations began to incorporate coartados in the mid-nineteenth century. This chapter examines the shift of labor from city to country. While many coartados did everything in their power to remain in Havana, ...

    • Wage-Earning Slaves COARTACION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY CUBA Conclusion 

      Varella, Claudia ; Barcia, Manuel (Wage-EAarning Slaves, 2020)
      Wage-Earning Slaves is the first systematic study of coartación, a process by which slaves worked toward purchasing their freedom in installments, long recognized as a distinctive feature of certain areas under Spanish ...