La diplomacia abolicionista inglesa contra el tráfico maya (1848-1861)
This article analyzes the diplomatic actions taken by Britain against the Yucatecan Maya slave trade (1848-1861) and its relationship with the transatlantic African slave trade. The Maya slave trade is inseparable from the transatlantic slave trade bringing African slaves to Cuba: they were intercon...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | Spanish |
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El Colegio de México, A.C.
2025
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| Online Access: | https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/view/5131 |
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Historia Mexicana |
| Summary: | This article analyzes the diplomatic actions taken by Britain against the Yucatecan Maya slave trade (1848-1861) and its relationship with the transatlantic African slave trade. The Maya slave trade is inseparable from the transatlantic slave trade bringing African slaves to Cuba: they were interconnected and administered through the same structures and networks. Mexico makes almost no appearance in the literature on the nineteenth century slave trade; nevertheless, our findings suggest that the authorities in Yucatan provided Cuban slave traders with fraudulent documentation and a safe harbor for slave ships on various occasions. The sale of Indigenous slaves helped the Yucatecan elite to finance the Caste War and several zones of the peninsula sheltered slavers who sought to avoid English ships, later transporting their African slaves to Cuba on small vessels. |
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