Our Rightful Share

In Our Rightful Share, Aline Helg examines the issue of race in Cuban society, politics, and ideology during the island''s transition from a Spanish colony to an independent state. She challenges Cuba''s well-established myth of racial equality and shows that racism is deeply rooted in Cuban creole society. Helg argues that despite Cuba''s abolition of slavery in 1886 and its winning of indep...