Cuban Tobacco in the Age of Second Slavery

Cuban Tobacco in the Age of Second Slavery, Volume 1 of the Race In The Atlantic World Ser, examines the critical role of forced labor in the Cuban tobacco industry. This history focuses on Pinar del Río, where tens of thousands of enslaved Africans produced millions of pounds of raw tobacco annually. The text challenges the misconception that tobacco was a small-scale or free-labor crop, positioning it instead as a massive plantation economy.

As a scholarly work within the categories of sociology, race relations, and Caribbean history, this volume argues that tobacco was as dependent on slavery as the sugar industry. Cuban Tobacco in the Age of Second Slavery provides a necessary alternative narrative to understand the broader dynamics of slavery and emancipation in the Atlantic world. It highlights the diversity of forced labor systems and the political structures of the Spanish American slave colony.