Lot Details
Lot 149
[CUBA] POR UN CUBANO PROPIETARIO[=SANTOS SUÁREZ, JOAQUÍN]. La cuestion africana en la isla de Cuba; considerada bajo su doble aspecto de la trata interior y esterior.
Madrid: El Clamor Público, 1862. First edition. Publisher's glazed paper wrappers in modern cloth. 11 1/2 x 8 inches (29 x 20.5 cm); 63, [1] pp. Cloth a bit soiled, the text a trifle toned.
A rare work proposing the abolition of the system of slavery on which Cuban agriculture was based, discussing the usual arguments for slavery, refuting them, and suggesting ways be which the abhorrent practice could be curtailed. The attribution is from Figarola-Caneda. Dicc. cubano de seudónimos. Slavery was ultimately abolished in 1886 in Cuba, one of the last Caribbean nations to use slave labor.
C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
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