Biografía de un cimarrón

About this book

"Valuable new version of Biografía de un cimarrón includes Hill's expert translation; brief but informative preface about Esteban Montejo (the book's first-person narrator); Barnet's afterword (which replaces, albeit partially, his original introduction), in which he explains his understanding of literatura testimonal; and a glossary of terms. Original work was first translated as Autobiography of a runaway slave by Jocasta Innes (1968)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Subjects

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  • biography
  • ct518.m6 a3313 1994
  • cuba, biography
  • cuba, history
  • cuba, history, 1895-
  • enslaved persons
  • fugitive slaves
  • fugitive slaves--cuba--biography
  • history
  • maroons
  • montejo, esteban , 1860-1973
  • personal narratives
  • plantation life
  • plantation life--cuba--history--19th century
  • plantation life--history
  • revolution, 1895-1898
  • revolutionaries
  • revolutionaries--cuba--biography
  • slavery
  • slavery, cuba
  • slavery in cuba
  • slaves
  • social conditions