Travels in the West: Cuba, with Notices of Porto Rico, and the Slave Trade

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Title

Travels in the West: Cuba, with Notices of Porto Rico, and the Slave Trade

Description

This travel narrative, written by 19th-century Scottish abolitionist and British consul to Cuba, advocates for Cuba to abolish their slave trade in order to bolster the island's economy.

Creator

David Turnbull

Source

Link to Emory Libraries catalog

Publisher

London: Printed for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans

Date

1840

Contributor

Leigh Erin Schlecht

Format

574 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates: map of 22 cm

Language

English

Type

Travel Narrative

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Original Format

Book

Collection

Citation

David Turnbull, “Travels in the West: Cuba, with Notices of Porto Rico, and the Slave Trade,” Voicing Identity: Print, Politics, and Power in Latin America and the Caribbean, accessed October 12, 2025, https://printpolitics.ecdsomeka.org/items/show/37.

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