La Abolición de la Esclavitud en el Orden Económico.

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Rafael María de Labra Cadrana (La Habana, 1840 - Madrid 1918) was the principal figure in the
struggle to abolish slavery in Spain and her territories in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Although he was born in Cuba, he went to Spain as a child and spent the rest of his life there. He was a founder member and president of the executive committee of the Sociedad Abolicionista from 1868 to 1876, then president of the Society until its dissolution in 1888, when slavery was finally effectively abolished in Spanish territories. His activism did not make him popular in some sectors of Cuban society, and one newspaper offered “Por sacarle los ojos, 100. Por partirle el corazón de una puñalada, 500. Por arrastrarle, 1.000 pesos.” This is Labra's principal work on slavery, and he employs economic, rather than moral arguments to present his forceful case for its abolition. Small repair in last blank leaf; minor defects in the spine. This book is particularly rare in its original paper wrappers.