REVIEW: Rethinking Slave Rebellion in Cuba. By Anasa Hicks

Anasa Hicks
Mon, 01 Aug 2016 21:00:35 +0000
Off the Press, Afro Cuba, book review, history

In Rethinking Slave Rebellion in Cuba: La Escalera and the Insurgencies of 1841-1844 (University of North Carolina Press, 2015), Aisha K. Finch asserts that “rural slaves of African descent helped organize and lead one of Cuba’s most memorable resistance struggles.” (2) La Escalera refers to a planned slave uprising that Spanish colonial authorities in Cuba …