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Gendered geographies : motherhood, slavery, law and space in nineteenth-century Cuba

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Cowling, Camillia (2018) Gendered geographies : motherhood, slavery, law and space in nineteenth-century Cuba. Women's History Review, 27 (6). pp. 939-953. doi:10.1080/09612025.2017.1336845 ISSN 0961-2025.

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Abstract

On 2 August 1883, in Havana, a free black woman named Juana Mojena had a petition drafted on her behalf to the Governor General regarding her young daughter Dolores Mojena. Although Juana had obtained freedom, Dolores remained a patrocinada (apprentice) under the patronato system that, from 1880, heralded the gradual ending of slavery in Cuba. The petition requested Dolores be freed because her owner was not complying with his legal obligations to educate, feed and clothe her. Juana had presented several previous petitions, not only in Havana where she lived, but much further afield: “Since the patrono of her aforementioned daughter lives in Guanajay , … she travelled there, where she attended constantly at the Junta Local de Patronato” [local patronato board]. Afterwards, however, “she returned to Havana without having achieved anything, and after a few days, she presented a claim to the Provincial Government, explaining her unfruitful trip to Guanajay.” Finally, she asked that the Gobernador General “order that her daughter be moved, in order to be heard by the Havana Junta, and the appellant will fund the costs of the journey”.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > History > Comparative American Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Women slaves -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century, Women slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Cuba --History -- 19th century, Women -- Cuba -- Social conditions, Place (Philosophy) in literature, Slaves -- Cuba -- History, Blacks -- Cuba -- History, Slaves -- Emancipation -- Cuba, Motherhood -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century
Journal or Publication Title: Women's History Review
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 0961-2025
Official Date: 2018
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DateEvent
2018Published
14 June 2017Available
15 August 2016Accepted
Volume: 27
Number: 6
Page Range: pp. 939-953
DOI: 10.1080/09612025.2017.1336845
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 4 November 2016
Date of first compliant Open Access: 14 January 2019
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