As if Cuba didn’t exist: notes on Jaime Balmes, Slavery, and the Slave trade (Spain, 1840-1848)

Authors

  • Carlos A. M. Lima Universidade Federal do Paraná

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/his.v50i0.15677

Keywords:

political Romanticism, slavery, miscigenation, racial thought, Romantismo político, escravidão, mestiçagem, pensamento racial

Abstract

One can easily find in Spanish Romanticism an idealization of theAncien Regime during the first half of the nineteenth century. This wasspecially common among ecclesiastics, and in this article the goal isthat of relating that idealization with the issues of slavery and the slavetrade. The relationship between church and state was a crucial motivationand, taking into consideration that church policies and slavery were particularly sensitive items in Brazil and Latin America, it’s necessaryto observe some aspects that influenced the Spanish debates on theAmerican side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Published

2009-10-06

How to Cite

Lima, C. A. M. (2009). As if Cuba didn’t exist: notes on Jaime Balmes, Slavery, and the Slave trade (Spain, 1840-1848). História: Questões E Debates, 50(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/his.v50i0.15677

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