Slave Revolts in Puerto Rico : Slave Conspiracies and Unrest in Puerto Rico, 1795-1873

From the emergence of the first sugar plantations up until 1873, when slavery was abolished, the wealth amassed by many landowners in Puerto Rico derived mainly from the exploitation of slaves. But slavery generated its antithesis: disobedience, conspiracies, uprisings, and flight. This volume deals with these expressions of collective resistance.