Under the Flags of Freedom: Slave Soldiers and the Wars of Independence in Spanish South America (Pitt Latin American Series)

by PeterBlanchard (Author)

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  Paperback
  2008

  $66.81

  During the wars for independence in Spanish South America (1808-1826), thousands of slaves enlisted under the promise of personal freedom and, in some cases, freedom for other family members. This book offers an investigation of this issue from the perspectives of Royalists, patriots, and slaves.