26 Years a Slave : Juan Miranda and Other "Spanish Negroes" in Colonial New York /

26 Years a Slave : Juan Miranda and Other "Spanish Negroes" in Colonial New York /

26 Years a Slave represents the inaugural book-length study of the little-known "Spanish Negroes," or non-white Spanish-speaking sailors enslaved in colonial North America. Bringing to light their history of slavery and resistance, the book tells the incredible story of the free-born Juan...

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Main Author: Peña, Beatriz Carolina (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Caribbean Series ; 42.
Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2025

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Enslaved persons > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Slavery > New York (State) > New York > History > 18th century.
New York (N.Y.) > History > Conspiracy of 1741.

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Call Number: F122

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Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 On Board of the María Luisa
  • 1 From Cartagena, but a Passenger?
  • 2 Off to Sea, Boys!
  • 3 Coast Guard, Privateers, and a Little Mixed-Race Sailor at Sea
  • 4 Lurking in the Deep Waters of Coro
  • 5 Arriving in New York
  • 2 Resilience, Hope and Prison
  • 1 The Breaking of the Body for the Breaking of the Spirit
  • 2 Nearing the End of Seven Years
  • 3 Manuel: the Arrest and the Evidence
  • 3 The Crisis of 1741: Entangled in the "Great Negro Plot"
  • 1 The War of Jenkin's Ear
  • 2 A Robbery, a Great Fire, and Other Fires
  • 3 The Plot
  • 4 The Spanish Invasion
  • 5 Miranda and York
  • 4 William Kempe and the "Spanish Negroes"
  • 1 James Parker, the Press, and the "Spanish Negroes"
  • 2 The Official Claims of Indians, Blacks, and Mulattoes
  • 3 The Capture of the Ave María and the Ana María
  • 4 "Several Blacks" and Forty-Five "Men of Color"
  • 5 As a Result of Privateering
  • 5 Juan Miranda and Four Years of Struggle
  • 1 A "Black Face"
  • 2 Farewell to Sarah van Ranst
  • 3 Rebuttal and Other Witnesses
  • 6 Juan Miranda, John Moranda and More Years of Struggle
  • 1 Juan Miranda in the Press
  • 2 The Civil Suit
  • 3 Another Lock-Up and the Continuation of the Lawsuit
  • 4 Latest Developments on Miranda
  • 5 John Moranda
  • Epilogue: From Cumaná, Cartagena, Havana ... to New York
  • Appendix 1: Transcription of Juan Miranda's Case Documents(New York Historical) Appendix 2: Transcription of Juan Miranda's Case Documents
  • Appendix 3: Transcript of Juan Miranda's Lawsuit against Cornelius van Ranst before the Supreme Court of Judicature of New York (New York State Archives)
  • Appendix 4: Transcription of Case Entries in the Minute Books of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature (New York State Archives)
  • Appendix 5: Transcript of Manuel de Cumana's Petition Presented to Governor James DeLancey (New York State Archives)
  • Appendix 6: William Kempe's Boat Stolen from Greenwich (1757)
  • Appendix 7: Articles about the Rebellion on Board the Sloop Polly
  • Appendix 8: Four "Spanish Negroes"
  • Appendix 9: James Parker about the "Spanish Negroes"
  • Appendix 10: Captures of Spanish Prizes
  • Appendix 11
  • Appendix 12
  • Bibliography
  • Index.