How Long to Read Wage-Earning Slaves

How Long Does it Take to Read Wage-Earning Slaves?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 3 minutes to read Wage-Earning Slaves by Claudia Varella

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Wage-Earning Slaves is the first systematic study of coartación, a process by which slaves worked toward purchasing their freedom in installments, long recognized as a distinctive feature of certain areas under Spanish colonial rule in the nineteenth century. Focusing on Cuba, this book reveals that instead of providing a “path to manumission,” the process was often rife with obstacles that blocked slaves from achieving liberty. Claudia Varella and Manuel Barcia trace the evolution of coartación in the context of urban and rural settings, documenting the lived experiences of slaves through primary sources from many different archives. They show that slave owners grew increasingly intolerant and abusive of the process, and that the laws of coartación were not often followed in practice. The process did not become formalized as a contract between slaves and their masters until 1875, after abolition had already come. Varella and Barcia discuss how coartados did not see an improvement in their situation at this time, but essentially became wage-earning slaves as they continued serving their former owners. The exhaustive research in this volume provides valuable insight into how slaves and their masters negotiated with each other in the ever-changing economic world of nineteenth-century Cuba, where freedom was not always absolute and where abuses and corruption most often prevailed.

How long is Wage-Earning Slaves?

Wage-Earning Slaves by Claudia Varella is 237 pages long, and a total of 60,909 words.

This makes it 80% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Wage-Earning Slaves Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 32 minutes to read Wage-Earning Slaves aloud.

What Reading Level is Wage-Earning Slaves?

Wage-Earning Slaves is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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