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West African Warfare in Bahia and Cuba: Soldier Slaves in the Atlantic World, 1807-1844 (The Past and Present Book Series)

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West African Warfare in Bahia and Cuba seeks to give an explanation for how a series of historical events that occurred in West Africa from the mid-1790s – including Afonja’s rise up, the Owu wars, the Fulani-led jihad, and the migrations to Egbaland – had an affect upon life in cities and plantations in western Cuba and Bahia. Manuel Barcia examines the extent to which a series of African-led plots and armed movements that took place in western Cuba and Bahia between 1807 and 1844 were the result – or a continuation – of events that had occurred in and around the Yoruba and Hausa kingdoms in the similar period.

Why did these two geographical areas serve as the theatre for the uprising of the Nagos, the Lucumis, and other West African women and men? The answer, Barcia argues, relates to the truth that plantation economies supported by unusually large numbers of African-born slaves from the similar – or close – geographical and ethnic heritage, which transformed the rural and urban landscape in western Cuba and Bahia. To bear in mind why these two areas followed such identical social patterns it is very important to look across the Atlantic – it’s not enough to repeat the significance of the African background of Bahian and Cuban slaves. By establishing connections between people and events, with a special emphasis on their warfare experiences, Barcia presents a coherent narrative which spans more than three decades and opens a wealth of archival research for future study.

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