MANZANO’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ABOLITIONIST IMAGINARY IN THE 19TH CENTURY
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The autobiography of Juan Francisco Manzano, written in 1835, gives us the opportunity to perceive, even with its silences, the hardness of slavery during the period of enhancement of sugar, coffee and cotton production. The analytical perspective adopted here is the concept of second slavery developed by Dale Tomich, which highlights the social, cultural and economic changes of the slave systems in America during the British industrialization process. The production of narratives of enslaved people is a recurring tradition in American abolitionism, but in Latin America these testimonies are rare, and Manzano’s autobiography is the only known of this genre. His narrative was widely circulated in Europe and presented at the first World Slavery Convention. Manzano’s voice and courage paved the way for the black people to fight for their emancipation.
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