Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. INTRODUCTION Colonial Pioneer and Plantation Latecomer 1
6. Chapter 1 – THE SLAVE TRADE IN THE SPANISH EMPIRE (1501–1808) The Shift from Periphery to Center 13
7. Chapter 2 – PORTUGUESE MISSIONARIES AND EARLY MODERN ANTISLAVERY AND PROSLAVERY THOUGHT 43
8. Chapter 3 – THE ECONOMIC ROLE OF SLAVERY IN A NON-SLAVE SOCIETY The River Plate, 1750–1860 74
9. Chapter 4 – Slaves and the Creation of Legal Rights in Cuba Coartación and Papel 101
10. Chapter 5 – Cuban Slavery and Atlantic Antislavery 134
11. Chapter 6 – WILBERFORCE SPANISHED Joseph Blanco White and Spanish Antislavery, 1808–1814 158
12. Chapter 7 – Spanish Merchants and the Slave Trade From Legality to Illegality, 1814-1870 176
13. Chapter 8 – LA AMISTAD Ramón Ferrer in Cuba and the Transatlantic Dimensions of Slaving and Contraband Trade 200
14. Chapter 9 – ANTISLAVERY BEFORE ABOLITIONISM Networks and Motives in Early Liberal Barcelona, 1833–1844 229
15. Chapter 10 – MOMENTS IN A POSTPONED ABOLITION 256
16. Chapter 11 – FROM EMPIRES OF SLAVERY TO EMPIRES OF ANTISLAVERY 291
17. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 317
18. CONTRIBUTORS 322
19. Index 324