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Fearful loyalty : the strategic deployment of emotion by the Cuban proslavery elite, 1830–1850
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Valerio, Liana Beatrice (2023) Fearful loyalty : the strategic deployment of emotion by the Cuban proslavery elite, 1830–1850. Atlantic Studies . doi:10.1080/14788810.2023.2240002 ISSN 1740-4649. (In Press)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/14788810.2023.2240002
Abstract
This article presents the expression of colonial loyalty in nineteenth century Cuba as a tool mobilised by otherwise disenfranchised enslaving elites seeking to shape the island’s governance. Combined with the judicious expression of fear, this paper suggests that “fearful loyalty” was deployed to influence the Spanish colonial government on the subject of slavery. Contemporary periodicals from the USA, examined here, presented Cuban loyalty as effeminate and baffling. Employing the methodology of History of Emotions to analyse private correspondence between Cuban enslavers, Captain Generals in Cuba, and the metropolitan government in Spain, this study rebuts that outsider impression. Adding depth to our understanding of Atlantic History, this article argues that fearful loyalty was a creolised emotional protocol utilised by enslavers and pro-slave trade individuals when attempting to manipulate the Crown to follow the course of action they considered most advantageous to their interests regarding slavery, censorship, and abolition.
Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology D History General and Old World > DP Spain and Portugal F History United States, Canada, Latin America > F1201 Latin America (General) H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | |||||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | |||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Slave trade -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century, Slavery -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century, Spain -- Relations -- Cuba, Cuba -- Relations -- Spain, Emotions, Political psychology | |||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Atlantic Studies | |||||||||
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd. | |||||||||
ISSN: | 1740-4649 | |||||||||
Official Date: | 14 August 2023 | |||||||||
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DOI: | 10.1080/14788810.2023.2240002 | |||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
Publication Status: | In Press | |||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | |||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 19 October 2023 | |||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 20 October 2023 | |||||||||
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