The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the struggle against Atlantic slavery

Introduction: worse than Aponte

The present time period is very delicate: Cuban slavery and the changing Atlantic world, 1750-1850

Nothing worse in the world than to be a slave: slaves and free people of color in early nineteenth-century Cuba

Organizing the rebellion: the overlapping worlds of the militia and the Cabildos de Nación

Burn the plantations: the Cuban Aponte Rebellion(s) of 1812

Vanquish the arrogance of our enemies: emancipation rumors and rebellious royalism

Conclusion: plaques of loyalty: the legacy of the Aponte Rebellion

Appendix: Biographical database of the Aponte rebels.