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The Coolie Speaks: Chinese Indentured Laborers and African Slaves in Cuba

The Coolie Speaks: Chinese Indentured Laborers and African Slaves in Cuba

Yun, Lisa

Paperback

Series: Asian American History & Culture

Caribbean HistoryChinese History

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ISBN10: 159213582X
ISBN13: 9781592135820
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: Feb 15 2009
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Introducing radical counter-visions of race and slavery, and probing the legal and philosophical questions raised by indenture, The Coolie Speaks offers the first critical reading of a massive testimony case from Cuba in 1874. From this case, Yun traces the emergence of a coolie narrative that forms a counterpart to the slave narrative. The written and oral testimonies of nearly 3,000 Chinese laborers in Cuba, who toiled alongside African slaves, offer a rare glimpse into the nature of bondage and the tortuous transition to freedom. Trapped in one of the last standing systems of slavery in the Americas, the Chinese described their hopes and struggles, and their unrelenting quest for freedom.

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