Slavery behind the Wall: An Archaeology of a Cuban Coffee Plantation

In: Cultural Heritage Studies

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Cuba had the largest slave society of the Spanish colonial empire and thus the most plantations. The lack of archaeological data for interpreting these sites is a glaring void in slavery and plantation studies. Theresa Singleton helps to fill this gap with the presentation of the first archaeological investigation of a Cuban plantation written by an English speaker. At Santa Ana de Biajacas, where the plantation owner sequestered slaves behind a massive masonry wall, Singleton explores how elite Cuban planters used the built environment to impose a hierarchical social order upon slave labore

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Slavery Behind the Wall: An Archaeology of a Cuban Coffee Plantation

In: Cultural Heritage Studies

Singleton, Theresa A.

Singleton, Theresa A.

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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: The Object World of Cuban Slavery -- 2. Locating Cafetal Biajacas -- 3. Cuban Coffee Sector -- 4. Built Landscapes of Cuban Coffee Plantations -- 5. Housing Enslaved Cubans -- 6. Enslaved Actors and Provisioning -- 7. Consumption and Life within the Enclosure -- 8. Conflict and Compromise -- 9. Conclusion: The Enduring Legacy of Cafetal Biajacas -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- References -- Index

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Slavery behind the wall: an archaeology of a Cuban coffee plantation

In: Cultural heritage studies

Singleton, Theresa A.; Shackel, Paul A.

Singleton, Theresa A.; Shackel, Paul A.

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In this book, Theresa Singleton examines the rarely studied slave society of Cuba, focusing on the Santa Ana de Biajacas site

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