Ever Faithful - Race, Loyalty and the Ends of Empire in Spanish Cuba

Bibliographic Data

ID19904154
AuthorsDavid Sartorious (corresponding author)
Year2014
Publication date2014-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueEver Faithful (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.26530/oapen_469253
OpenAlexW1584805688
Open LibraryOL28357296M
ISBN9780822355793
LanguageEN
Citations received12

Known for much of the nineteenth century as "the ever-faithful isle," Cuba did not earn its independence from Spain until 1898, long after most American colonies had achieved emancipation from European rule. In this groundbreaking history, David Sartorius explores the relationship between political allegiance and race in nineteenth-century Cuba. Challenging assumptions that loyalty to the Spanish empire was the exclusive province of the white Cuban elite, he examines the free and enslaved people of African descent who actively supported colonialism. By claiming loyalty, many black and mulatto Cubans attained some degree of social mobility, legal freedom, and political inclusion in a world where hierarchy and inequality were the fundamental lineaments of colonial subjectivity. Sartorius explores Cuba's battlefields, plantations, and meeting halls to consider the goals and limits of loyalty. In the process, he makes a bold call for fresh perspectives on imperial ideologies of race and on the rich political history of the African diaspora. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched

Ancient history · Art · Empire · Genealogy · Loyalty · Political science · Race (biology) · Sociology · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Cuban History and Society · Gender Studies · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · America · Blacks · Blacks, race identity · Colonies · Cuba · Latin America · Race identity · race relations · Spain

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