Front Cover; Table of Contents vii; List of Illustrations ix; Acknowledgments xi; Introduction 1; 1. The Hammock: Bound by Privilege 10; 2. The Whip: Black Women in a Slave Society 27; 3. Hair and Prayer: Early Signs of Unrest 39; 4. The Ten Years War (1868-1878) 48; 5. Mambisas as Citizens: Emilia Casanova and Ana Betancourt 76; 6. "It Won't Be Long": Between the Wars 88; 7. The War of Independence (1895-1898) 101; 8. Evangelina Cossío Cisneros and the Yellow Press 137; Epilogue 147; Notes 153; Bibliography 167; Index 179
Summary
Examines a rarely studied yet crucial group of insurgents who fought for Cuban independence from Spain during the 19th century: rebel women known as mambisas
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-177) and index