Explore the histories of slavery in Brazil and Cuba, delving into their similarities and differences, impact on political developments, living conditions of enslaved individuals, resistance, and more. Gain insights into how historians approach writing about multiple countries and consider the nuances lost in broader surveys. Dive into Afro-Brazilian memories and the film "Living Between Hurricanes" for additional perspectives on history and sustainability.
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Week 8: Brazil and Cuba: Two Week 8: Brazil and Cuba: Two Slave Societies of the Nineteenth Slave Societies of the Nineteenth Century Century
Reading Reading FIRST: Please (re-) familiarise yourself with Christopher Schmidt-Nowara, Slavery, Freedom and Abolition in Latin America and the Atlantic World (2011), especially chapter 4. NEXT: choose EITHER: Thomas Skidmore, Brazil: Five Centuries of Change, intro and chapter 3Link opens in a new window, "Revolt, Consolidation, and War, 1830-1870" OR: Knight, Franklin W., Slave Society in Cuba during the Nineteenth Century, chapter 1, "The Transformation of Cuban Agriculture, 1763-1838" and chapter 2, "The Sugar Revolution".
Questions Questions What was the longer history of slavery and slaving in Brazil and Cuba? How was it different/ similar in each place? How did slavery intersect with other major political developments - Brazilian independence and statebuilding? new forms of Spanish colonial rule in the nineteenth century and eventual independence movements? What was life like for enslaved people - in cities, in the countryside? Did forms of resistance or negotiation look different or similar? What areas became the centres of enslaved population over the century? When did the Atlantic trade end in each location and what replaced it? From your wider reading, what approaches do you think historians have taken to writing about more than one country? How are you going about this for your essays? Is there anything you think has got lost in these broader surveys? How could comparative historians remedy that?
Film: Living Between Hurricanes: Climate, Commodities, and Sustainability Dir. Michael Chanan, written by Jean Stubbs, Jonathan Curry- Machado https://www.livingbetweenhurricanes.org/the-film/film-in-3-parts/ Film available online & accompanying open-access book: https://www.livingbetweenhurricanes.org/the-book/
