Rodrigo y Alharilla, Martín y Chaviano Pérez, Lizbeth (2017): Negreros y esclavos. Barcelona y la esclavitud atlántica (siglos XVI-XIX). Barcelona: Icaria

Abstract

The purpose of the book is to highlight the intense links and insertion in the dynamics of slave capitalism, in the economic importance of the city of Barcelona (and Catalonia in general) in Atlantic slavery. Barcelona's relationship with slavery that is not only limited to the slave trade, but also includes the exploitation of labor on Cuban plantations and Puerto Rican properties owned by Catalans. But also, in the use of slaves in the daily life of Barcelona at the time.