Juan Francisco Manzano, 1797-1854 and Richard Robert Madden, 1798-1886 Poems by a Slave in the Island of Cuba, Recently Liberated; Translated from the Spanish, by R. R. Madden, M.D. With the History of the Early Life of the Negro Poet, Written by Himself; to Which Are Prefixed Two Pieces Descriptive of Cuban Slavery and the Slave-Traffic, by R. R. M.

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Juan Francisco Manzano, 1797-1854 and Richard Robert Madden, 1798-1886

Poems by a Slave in the Island of Cuba, Recently Liberated; Translated from the Spanish, by R. R. Madden, M.D. With the History of the Early Life of the Negro Poet, Written by Himself; to Which Are Prefixed Two Pieces Descriptive of Cuban Slavery and the Slave-Traffic, by R. R. M.

London: Thomas Ward and Co., 1840.

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Blacks -- Cuba -- Biography.
Manzano, Juan Francisco, 1797-1854.
Plantation life -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century.
Poets, Cuban -- Biography.
Slave trade -- Cuba.
Slavery -- Cuba -- History.
Slavery -- Cuba -- Poetry.
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- Cuba.
Slavery and the Church -- Cuba.
Slaves -- Cuba -- Biography.
Slaves -- Cuba -- Social conditions.

Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities supported the electronic publication of this title.

Treasure Room Collection, James E. Shepard Memorial Library, North Carolina Central University, provided the text for the electronic publication of this title.

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