Book contents
- Caribbean Literature in Transition, 1800–1920
- Caribbean Literature in Transition
- Caribbean Literature in Transition, 1800–1920
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Literary and Generic Transitions
- Part II Cultural and Political Transitions
- Part III The Caribbean Region in Transition
- Chapter 13 Antillean Sovereignty in Pan-Caribbean Writing
- Chapter 14 Caribbean Literature as Diasporic Archive
- Chapter 15 The Representation of the Caribbean in Nineteenth-Century African American Newspapers
- Chapter 16 The Impact of the American Civil War on Political Writing in Jamaica and Cuba
- Chapter 17 South Asian Migration and Settlement Stories, 1800–1920
- Chapter 18 Francophone–Anglophone Connections in the Nineteenth-Century Caribbean
- Chapter 19 Cuban Literature before 1920
- Chapter 20 José Martí, José Rizal, and Their Speculative Extended Caribbean
- Chapter 21 Translating the Revolution from Haiti to Louisiana
- Part IV Critical Transitions
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 16 - The Impact of the American Civil War on Political Writing in Jamaica and Cuba
from Part III - The Caribbean Region in Transition
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 December 2020
Book contents
- Caribbean Literature in Transition, 1800–1920
- Caribbean Literature in Transition
- Caribbean Literature in Transition, 1800–1920
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Literary and Generic Transitions
- Part II Cultural and Political Transitions
- Part III The Caribbean Region in Transition
- Chapter 13 Antillean Sovereignty in Pan-Caribbean Writing
- Chapter 14 Caribbean Literature as Diasporic Archive
- Chapter 15 The Representation of the Caribbean in Nineteenth-Century African American Newspapers
- Chapter 16 The Impact of the American Civil War on Political Writing in Jamaica and Cuba
- Chapter 17 South Asian Migration and Settlement Stories, 1800–1920
- Chapter 18 Francophone–Anglophone Connections in the Nineteenth-Century Caribbean
- Chapter 19 Cuban Literature before 1920
- Chapter 20 José Martí, José Rizal, and Their Speculative Extended Caribbean
- Chapter 21 Translating the Revolution from Haiti to Louisiana
- Part IV Critical Transitions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The United States Civil War, and the resulting end of slavery on the North American continent, reverberated throughout the Caribbean and in its political writing. This essay first examines how how both pro- and and anti-slavery activists interpreted the Civil War in the Spanish Empire and used its example to defend or attack slavery. Next, it describes how the war led to widespread protest of the conditions of post-emancipation Jamaica and, eventually, led to the Morant Bay rebellion.
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- Caribbean Literature in Transition, 1800–1920 , pp. 262 - 277Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021