Introduction: Colonial Pioneer, Plantation
Latecomer
Josep M. Fradera and Christopher Schmidt-Nowara
Chapter 1. The Slave Trade in the Spanish
Empire (1501-1808): The Shift from Periphery to Center
Josep M. Delgado
Chapter 2. The Portuguese Missionaries and
Early Modern Antislavery
Luiz Felipe de Alencastro
Chapter 3. The Economic Role of Slavery in
a Non-Slave Society: The River Plate, 1750-1860
Juan Carlos Garavaglia
Chapter 4. Slaves and the Creation of
Legal Rights in Cuba: Coartación and Papel (reprinted from Hispanic
American Historical Review)
Alejandro de la Fuente
Chapter 5. Cuban Slavery and Atlantic
Antislavery (reprinted from Review: A Journal of the Fernand
Braudel Center)
Ada Ferrer
Chapter 6. Wilberforce Spanished: Joseph
Blanco White and Spanish Antislavery, 1808-1814
Christopher Schmidt-Nowara
Chapter 7. Spanish Merchants and the Slave
Trade: From Legality to Illegality, 1814-1870
Martín Rodrigo
Chapter 8. The Amistad: Ramón Ferrer,
Cuba, and the Transatlantic Dimensions of Slaving and Contraband
Trade
Michael Zeuske
Chapter 9. Antislavery before
Abolitionism: Networks and Motives in Early Liberal Barcelona,
1833-1844
Albert Garcia Balañà
Chapter 10. Moments in a Postponed
Abolition
Josep M. Fradera
Chapter 11. From Empires of Slaves to
Empires of Antislavery
Seymour Drescher
Josep M. Fradera is Professor of History at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the author of La nación imperial. Derechos, representación y ciudadanía en los imperios de Gran Bretaña, Francia, España y los Estados Unidos (2015).
“This important collection of essays illustrates the rich work about Spanish slavery and antislavery that has been produced recently in Spain and the United States. Spanish abolitionism is viewed in the Spanish imperial context, its specific relation to slavery, and its connection to broader Atlantic processes. The volume will surely inspire continued debate among scholars in Europe and the United States, as well, hopefully, as Latin America.” · New West Indian Guide “The essays in this volume make an important contribution to understanding the process through which European empires shifted, as Seymour Drescher’s aptly titled contribution puts it, 'from empires of slavery to empires of antislavery'(p. 291). They do so by centering on Spain and its Atlantic empire. This focus results in the volume’s most significant contribution and resounding statement: that the Spanish empire, far from being ‘a case apart in the study of slavery and abolition’ (p. 1), played an important role in the histories of slavery and antislavery in the Atlantic world…a wonderful book that could productively be assigned to an undergraduate audience.” · Hispanic American Historical Review (HAHR) “[I]nnovative, well-organized, thoroughly-researched, and engagingly written collection. All contributions are informed by the most recent relevant historiographies as well as by pertinent theoretical literature. The book represents an original and significant contribution to an under-studied topic: the history of slavery, plantation slavery, and abolitionism in the Spanish imperial system.” · Jesus Cruz, University of Delaware “[A]n important and timely volume, with an all-star cast of contributors from many countries, each approaching the topic of Spanish abolitionism from a different angle.” · Kris Lane, Tulane University “This is an outstanding volume that addresses and analyses a significant set of questions in the history of slavery and the history of colonial and post-independence Latin America…The editors and authors deal eloquently and effectively with the current concepts and methodologies in slavery and Ibero-American studies.” · William D. Phillips, Jr., University of Minnesota
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