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Our Rightful Share: The Afro-Cuban Struggle for Equality, 1886-1912
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by Aline Helg
Sales Rank: 798874
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$27.50
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on 8-5-2008.
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 375 pages
Published by: The University of North Carolina Press February 20, 1995
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0807844942
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0807844946
Book Dimensions:
9.3 x 6.1 x 1 inches
Weighs: 1.3 pounds
Product Review
Aline Helg's assiduously researched study . . . is one of the first substantive works in English on this topic.
The Historian
An extremely important book. It is an impressively researched, well-thought out, and well-written study.
American Historical Review
An important contribution to the body of historiography on race relations and politics in Cuba.
Slavery and Abolition
Our Rightful Share represents admirably exhaustive research, great analysis, and impressively balanced conclusions.
Franklin W. Knight, The Johns Hopkins University
A major contribution to the literature on race, culture, and politics in the post-emancipation Americas.
George Reid Andrews, University of Pittsburgh
Product Description
In Our Rightful Share, Aline Helg looks at the issue of race in Cuban society, politics, and ideology during the island's transition from a Spanish colony to an independent state. She challenges Cuba's well-established myth of racial equality and shows that racism is deeply rooted in Cuban creole society.
Helg argues that despite Cuba's termination of Slavery in 1886 and its winning of independence in 1902, Afro-Cubans remained marginalized in all aspects of society. After the wars for independence, in which they fought en masse, Afro-Cubans demanded change politically by forming the first national black party in the Western Hemisphere. This challenge met with strong opposition from the white Cuban elite, culminating in the massacre of thousands of Afro-Cubans in 1912. The event effectively ended Afro-Cubans' political organization along racial lines, and Helg stresses that although some cultural elements of African origin were integrated into official Cuban culture, true racial equality has remained elusive.
Reader Reviews
Aline Helg does an excellent job of outlining for her readers the conditions in Cuba, 1886-1912, which became the foundation for the rise and fall of the Partido Independiente de Color en Cuba. This organization, among the first Black parties in the new world, is a vital part of the historty of cuba as well as the history of africans in the americas. The book is written in a clear and concise form that makes it easy to grasp/follow and enjoyable, while simultaneously being highly informative. Helg's book is the answer for those interested in this segment of history and its implication on race in contemporary Cuba. It is the only answer for spanish-impaired folks who do not have access to Tomas Fernandez Robaina's El Negro en Cuba until it is translated. Enjoy the read, Prof. T.R.L. Patterson's students at SUNY Binghamton sure did.
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