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The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the Struggle Against Atlantic Slavery. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-3058-1. Franklin, Sarah L. Women and slavery in nineteenth-century colonial Cuba (University Rochester Press, 2012). de la Fuente, Alejandro (2004). "Slave Law and Claims-Making in Cuba: The Tannenbaum Debate Revisited".
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar [a] [b] (born Rubén Zaldívar; [2] January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was a Cuban military officer and politician who played a dominant role in Cuban politics from his initial rise to power as part of the 1933 Revolt of the Sergeants.
American illustration showing a black slave driver whipping a black slave in Cuba. According to Voyages – The Transatlantic Slave Trade Database, [3] about 900,000 Africans were brought to Cuba as slaves. To compare, some 470,000 Africans were brought to what is now the United States, and 5,500,000 to the much vaster region of what is now Brazil.
Batista, after his military coup against Prío Socarras, again took power and ruled until 1959. Under his rule, Batista led a corrupt dictatorship that involved close links with organized crime organizations and the reduction of civil freedoms of Cubans. This period resulted in Batista engaging in more "sophisticated practices of corruption" at ...
Although corruption was rife under Batista, Cuba did flourish economically. Wages rose significantly; [115] according to the International Labour Organization, the average industrial salary in Cuba was the world's eighth-highest in 1958, and the average agricultural wage was higher than in developed nations such as Denmark and France.
The first African slaves arrive in Cuba. 1532: The first slave rebellion is crushed. 1537: A French fleet briefly occupies Havana. French corsairs blockade Santiago de Cuba. 1542: The Spanish crown abandons the encomienda colonial land settlement system. 1553: The Governor of Cuba relocates to Havana. 1555: French campaign against the Sudan ...
Johann Teran, a Venezuelan in the United States on humanitarian parole, speaks about the new uncertainties for migrants since the Trump administration has canceled humanitarian protections, at his ...
August 12 Machado was overthrown by a General Strike, led by the Communist Party, under Villena's control. US consul in Cuba names a new provisional president, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada, son of the Founding Father, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. September 4 A revolutionary junta led by Sergeant Fulgencio Batista seizes control of Cuba.