Shade-Grown Slavery: The Lives of Slaves on Coffee Plantations in Cuba

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Contents    Acknowledgments  ix    Introduction: The Crop Mattered 1 Part I Roots: The Expansion of Coffee and the Slave Population 1 Café con azúcar: The Expansion    of the Slave Population and Plantations   7 2 Transformations: Building Frameworks and Structures   34 Part II Branches: The Negotiations of Life on the Cafetal  63 3 Space Is the Place: Intentions and Subversion of Design   69 4 Under Cover of Night: Religious Practices   90 5 Buyers and Sellers: Work and Economy of the Slaves   109 6 When Everyday Actions Escalate:   Resistance, Rebellions, and Cultural Complexity   121 Part III Harvest Conclusion: Performing Culture and the    Appropriation of Identifications   139 Appendix A. Demographic Data   147 Appendix B. Cafetales   149    Notes  155    Bibliography  191    Index  201 ...