Our Rightful Share

“Aline Helg’s assiduously researched study based on archives in Cuba, Spain, and France is one of the first substantive works in English on this topic.”—The Historian

“An extremely important book. It is an impressively researched, well-thought out, and well-written study.”—American Historical Review

“An important contribution to the body of historiography on race relations and politics in Cuba. It is a thoroughly researched, well-written, well-organized, and balanced account. . . . A model of the historians' craft.”—Slavery and Abolition

“Our Rightful Share represents admirably exhaustive research, excellent analysis, and impressively balanced conclusions. Its extraordinarily rich archival and secondary sources are examined with exemplary skill and commendable sensitivity.” — Franklin W. Knight, The Johns Hopkins University

“A major contribution to the literature on race, culture, and politics in the post-emancipation Americas. Clearly and vividly written, and making skillful and creative use of rich primary sources, it is a worthy companion volume to Rebecca Scott’s Slave Emancipation in Cuba.” — George Reid Andrews, University of Pittsburgh