ABSTRACT

In the midst of a major economic restructuring known as Second Slavery, which included important debates between abolitionist and proslavery interests, Cuba experienced the emergence of new forms of mobility and networks. After being forcibly moved across the Atlantic, enslaved Africans were moved within Cuba, and sometimes sold to owners in other Caribbean islands or the U.S. South. A significant fraction of them managed to move on their own will – running away, defending their right to self-purchase, or making money that would help alleviate their situation or that of their friends and relatives. The essays included in this special issue, written by historians and literary critics, pay special attention to the ways in which human actors and ideas moved from the countryside to the city, from one Caribbean island to the next, and from the United States or the coasts of West Africa to the sugarcane fields.

摘要

在称为第二奴隶制的重大经济结构调整中，包括废奴主义和奴役制利益之间的重要辩论，古巴经历了新形式的流动和网络形式的出现。被奴役的非洲人被强迫穿越大西洋后，被转移到古巴境内，有时被卖给其他加勒比海岛屿或美国南部的所有者。他们中的很大一部分设法按照自己的意愿行事–逃跑，捍卫自己的自购权或赚钱，这将有助于减轻他们或亲朋好友的处境。由历史学家和文学评论家撰写的本期特刊中的文章，特别关注了人类行为者和思想从乡村到城市，从一个加勒比岛到另一个加勒比岛的迁移方式，