Visions of an Ancient Ethiopian Church and the Africanization of Catholic History in José Antonio Aponte's Afro-Cuban Codex.

In 1812, the trial of the insurgents involved in an antislavery rebellion in Cuba centred on a book of images found in the home of its author and alleged leader, José Antonio Aponte. As a unique and now lost Afro-Cuban codex, the archival descriptions of its plates provide an inexhaustible source fo...

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Published in:	Slavery & Abolition Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 149 - 172
Main Author:	Ojeda in collaboration with Miriam Franchina, Jorge Pavez
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2025
Subjects:	Antislavery movements Aponte, José Antonio Insurgency Africanization Enlightenment Catholic Church Cuba
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost