Sugar Is Made with Blood: The Conspiracy of la Escalera and the Conflict Between Empires Over Slavery in Cuba

Introduction: La Escalera And The Historians -- I. Sugar And Society In 1840 -- Land, Color, And Class -- Of Blood And Sugar -- Cuban Whites And The Problem Of Slavery -- The Free People Of Color -- Ii. Cuba And Imperial Expansion -- David Turnbull And The Crusade Against Slavery -- Francis Ross Cocking And International Conspiracy -- Africanization Or Annexation To The United States? -- Iii. Conjuncture -- The Year Of The Lash -- La Escalera Reexamined -- Appendix I: The Slave Code Of 1842 -- Appendix Ii: Slave Regulations Of 1844. Robert L. Paquette. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 275-328.