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Nineteenth-Century British Perspectives on Spanish America: Volume I: Romanticism and Revolutions
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Nineteenth-Century British Perspectives on Spanish America: Volume I: Romanticism and Revolutions
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The sources in this volume focus on Great Britain’s moral, financial, and diplomatic interventions and ambitions in Latin America. It begins during the wars of independence spanning 1810-1825, when Foreign Secretary George Canning prematurely declared, "Spanish America is free; and if we do not mismanage our affairs sadly, she is English." The independence movements of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies, as well as their ancient past, inspired Romantic writers such as Anna Letitia Barbauld and spurred British military support and political debate, as attested by mercenary Richard Vowell’s
Campaigns and Cruises in Venezuela
and James Mill's "Emancipation of Spanish America."
Campaigns and Cruises in Venezuela
and James Mill's "Emancipation of Spanish America."