The life and poems of a Cuban slave /
Juan Francisco Manzano, 1797-1854 ; edited by Edward J. Mullen.
- Second Edition.
- 221 p.
- Afro-Latin diasporas .
Preface to the second edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : poems by a slave in the island of Cuba -- Preface -- The slave-trade merchant -- The sugar estate -- Life of the negro poet -- Poems, written in slavery / by Juan -- To death -- To calumny -- Religion: an ode -- Years -- The cucuya; or fire-fly -- The clock that gains -- The dream -- A specimen of inedited Cuban poems -- Appendix -- In re, slave trade : questions addressed to senor of Havana / by R. R. Madden -- Questions respecting the state of religion in Cuba, addressed to senor of the Havana / by R. R. M -- Necessity of separating the Irish in America from the sin of slavery -- Bartholomew las Casas -- Evils of the Cuban slave-trade -- Conditions of slaves in Cuba -- Laws for the protection of slaves in Cuba -- Emancipation of slaves in Cuba -- Glossary -- Manzano's poems in the original Spanish -- Mis Treinta Años -- El relox adelantado -- La cocuyera -- Bibliography -- Index. HKBU library