Continental Origins of Insular Proslavery: George Dawson Flinter in Curaçao, Venezuela, Britain, and Puerto Rico, 1810s-1830s

Abstract This article traces the career and migrations of George Dawson Flinter, a naturalized Spanish subject of Irish origin, who became a prominent apologist for slavery and Spanish colonial rule in the Caribbean in the 1820s and 1830s. It argues that Flinter's experiences in the revolutiona...

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Main Author: Christopher Schmidt-Nowara
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Series:Almanack
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2236-46332014000200055&lng=en&tlng=en