Manuel Barcia is Professor of Latin American History at the University of Leeds. He is also an Honorary Fellow at the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation at the University of Hull. He co-edits Atlantic Studies: Global Currents, and is the author of two books and several articles focusing on the history of the African Diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean. He is also a frequent contributor to The Washington Spectator, The Huffington Post, The Independent, and Al Jazeera in English. In 2014 he was awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhume Prize in History, given every year to researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition and whose future career is exceptionally promising.

• List of Illustrations List of Maps and List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction 1: Between Glory and Decay: West African Atlantic States in the Age of Revolution 2: Between Home and the Sea: The West African Trade to Brazil and Cuba, 1790-1843 3: Between Bozal and Ladino in Bahia and Cuba: The American Experience 4: West African Warfare in Bahia and Cuba: Organization and Strategy 5: West African Warfare in Bahia and Cuba: Military Operations and Weaponry Conclusion: Soldier Slaves in the Atlantic World Glossary Bibliography

In this slim but impressive book, Manuel Barcia takes a different path, focusing on the military background of the enslaved Yoruba and Hausa slaves and looks at their impact in Cuba as well as Brazil.

Manuel Barcia is Professor of Latin American History at the University of Leeds. He is also an Honorary Fellow at the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation at the University of Hull. He co-edits Atlantic Studies: Global Currents, and is the author of two books and several articles focusing on the history of the African Diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean. He is also a frequent contributor to The Washington Spectator, The Huffington Post, The Independent, and Al Jazeera in English. In 2014 he was awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhume Prize in History, given every year to researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition and whose future career is exceptionally promising.

• List of Illustrations List of Maps and List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction 1: Between Glory and Decay: West African Atlantic States in the Age of Revolution 2: Between Home and the Sea: The West African Trade to Brazil and Cuba, 1790-1843 3: Between Bozal and Ladino in Bahia and Cuba: The American Experience 4: West African Warfare in Bahia and Cuba: Organization and Strategy 5: West African Warfare in Bahia and Cuba: Military Operations and Weaponry Conclusion: Soldier Slaves in the Atlantic World Glossary Bibliography

In this slim but impressive book, Manuel Barcia takes a different path, focusing on the military background of the enslaved Yoruba and Hausa slaves and looks at their impact in Cuba as well as Brazil.

Manuel Barcia is Professor of Latin American History at the University of Leeds. He is also an Honorary Fellow at the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation at the University of Hull. He co-edits Atlantic Studies: Global Currents, and is the author of two books and several articles focusing on the history of the African Diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean. He is also a frequent contributor to The Washington Spectator, The Huffington Post, The Independent, and Al Jazeera in English. In 2014 he was awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhume Prize in History, given every year to researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition and whose future career is exceptionally promising.

• List of Illustrations List of Maps and List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction 1: Between Glory and Decay: West African Atlantic States in the Age of Revolution 2: Between Home and the Sea: The West African Trade to Brazil and Cuba, 1790-1843 3: Between Bozal and Ladino in Bahia and Cuba: The American Experience 4: West African Warfare in Bahia and Cuba: Organization and Strategy 5: West African Warfare in Bahia and Cuba: Military Operations and Weaponry Conclusion: Soldier Slaves in the Atlantic World Glossary Bibliography

In this slim but impressive book, Manuel Barcia takes a different path, focusing on the military background of the enslaved Yoruba and Hausa slaves and looks at their impact in Cuba as well as Brazil.