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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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina Press
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Series/Journal: | Envisioning Cuba
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Cuba
/ Slavery
/ Yoruba
/ Social situation
/ Race relations
/ History 1784-1835
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| Further subjects: | B
Race Relations
B Cuba B Yoruba (African people) (Cuba) 19th century Biography B Yoruba (African people) (Cuba) Social conditions 19th century B Prieto, Juan Nepomuceno B Cuba Race relations History 19th century B Prieto, Juan Nepomuceno (approximately 1773- approximately 1835) B Biography B Yoruba (African people) B History B 1800-1899 B Yoruba (African people) (Cuba) History 19th century |
| Summary: | "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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1469645386 |