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The 1839 La Escalera Conspiracy in Cuba
In 1844, Cuba's colonial authorities uncovered an alleged plot among free people of color and enslaved Africans to overthrow the plantation system. The resulting repression—known as La Escalera—unleashed a wave of torture, execution, and exile that decimated the island's Afro-Cuban leadership. Lucas and Luna explore the conspiracy's murky origins: was there a real revolt planned by the poet Plácido and the black abolitionist David Turnbull, or was it a fabricated excuse to crush resistance? They trace the transatlantic connections—from British abolitionist pressure to the…
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