En los borrosos confines de la libertad: el caso de los negros emancipados en Cuba, 1817-1870

Abstract

In this article we study the group of Africans that were taken to Cuba to be turned into slaves and were declared legally free due to the application of international treaties and the pressure of British abolitionist groups because the ship they were being transported on was captured. However, the so-called emancipated blacks, approximately 26,000, were assimilated as slaves in fear of their becoming a disruptive factor in the social order, due to the need of labor for the sugar plantations and the appearance of a lucrative business for the authorities. This study covers the period from their origin in 1817 to their disappearance in 1870.En este artículo estudiamos el grupo de africanos llevados a Cuba para convertirse en esclavos y que fueron declarados jurídicamente libres por haber sido capturado el buque que los transportaba, en aplicación de los tratados internacionales y la presión abolicionista británica. Los llamados negros emancipados, unos 26.000 individuos, fueron sin embargo asimilados a la población esclava ante el temor de que pudieran resultar un factor disolvente del orden social, debido a la necesidad de mano de obra para el azúcar y a la aparición de un lucrativo negocio para las autoridades. El estudio aborda la situación del grupo desde sus orígenes en 1817 hasta su desaparición en 1870

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This paper was published in Revista de Indias.

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