Prieto Yorùbá kingship in colonial Cuba during the age of revolutions

"Centers on the life of Juan Nepomuceno Prieto (c. 1773-c. 1835), a member of the West African Yorùbá people enslaved and taken to Havana during the era of the Atlantic slave trade. ... Situating Prieto's story within the context of colonial Cuba, Henry B. Lovejoy illuminates the vast proc...

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1. Verfasser: Lovejoy, Henry B. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press 2018
Schriftenreihe:Envisioning Cuba
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Zusammenfassung:"Centers on the life of Juan Nepomuceno Prieto (c. 1773-c. 1835), a member of the West African Yorùbá people enslaved and taken to Havana during the era of the Atlantic slave trade. ... Situating Prieto's story within the context of colonial Cuba, Henry B. Lovejoy illuminates the vast process by which thousands of Yorùbá speakers were forced into life-and-death struggles in a strange land"--
Introduction: slave, soldier, and Lucumí leader -- Badagry -- The golden age -- La Habana -- Batallón de morenos -- Ṣàngó Tẹ̀ Dún -- New Lucumí from Òyó -- Lucumí war -- Prieto's disappearance -- Conclusion: Prieto's legacy
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xv, 219 Seiten
Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:9781469645384
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