Manuel Barcia

Manuel Barcia (born 1972, Havana) is Professor of Latin American History at the University of Leeds, in the United Kingdom.

Barcia is a scholar on the field of Atlantic and Slavery Studies. He has published extensively on the subjects of slave resistance, slave rebellion and on the transfers of West African warfare knowledge to the Americas, with an emphasis on nineteenth-century Brazil, and Cuba. He has written op-ed articles for Al Jazeera English,^[1] The Independent,^[2] The Washington Spectator^[3] and The Huffington Post.^[4] He is also an editor of Atlantic Studies: Global Currents (Routledge), a journal of Atlantic history and cultural studies.^[5] In 2014 he was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in History, given every year to researchers whose work "has already attracted international recognition and whose future career is exceptionally promising".

Selected works

• West African Warfare in Bahia and Cuba: Soldier Slaves in the Atlantic World, 1807-1844 (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2014). ISBN 9780198719038
• The Great African Slave Revolt of 1825: Cuba and the Fight for Freedom in Matanzas (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2012). ISBN 9780807143322
• Seeds of Insurrection: Domination and Slave Resistance on Cuban Plantations (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2008). ISBN 9780807133651

References

1. "Manuel Barcia". Al Jazeera English.
2. "Manuel Barcia". The Independent.
3. "Manuel Barcia Archives - Washington Spectator". Washington Spectator.
4. "Manuel Barcia". The Huffington Post.
5. "Atlantic Studies: Global Currents". Taylor & Francis.