Slavery and Abolition in Early Republican Peru (Latin American Silhouettes)

Peter Blanchard

In this work, Professor Blanchard examines why slavery managed to survive for more than three decades after Peru declared its independence despite anti-slavery legislation passed by the liberators at that time. The book focuses on the economics of Peruvian slavery, slave life and the abolition movement. Slavery and Abolition aims to offer an alternative example of a slavery system to the more familiar examples of the US, Brazil and Cuba.

Slavery and Abolition in Early Republican Peru (Latin American Silhouettes)

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In this work, Professor Blanchard examines why slavery managed to survive for more than three decades after Peru declared its independence despite anti-slavery legislation passed by the liberators at that time. The book focuses on the economics of Peruvian slavery, slave life and the abolition movement. Slavery and Abolition aims to offer an alternative example of a slavery system to the more familiar examples of the US, Brazil and Cuba.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 272 • Trim: 6½ x 9

978-0-8420-2429-7 • Paperback • September 1992 • $49.00 • (£38.00)

Series: Latin American Silhouettes

Subjects: Social Science / Slavery, History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), History / Social History

Slavery and Abolition in Early Republican Peru (Latin American Silhouettes)

Peter Blanchard

Slavery and Abolition in Early Republican Peru (Latin American Silhouettes)

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