HIST 3659 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Darwinism, Antonio Maceo Grajales, Carlos Manuel De Céspedes
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A newer way to remove the power of the united states and something happened in cuba as a result of the intervention of the united states. Slaves in cuba freed themselves by fighting in revolution. United states, brazil and cuba were the few remaining places using the institution of slavery. After the hattian revolution cuba took over the sugar industry, because sugar as a commodity was an important part of the 19th century. Expansion of slavery in the u. s. was due to cotton, in brazil it was coffee and in cuba it was sugar. After the hattian revolution there was a big sugar and coffee boom in. Premier trading ground for the rest of spanish american. 90% of the residence were slaves and were black. Cuba became the only place for spanish migration. Spanish immigrants that came to cuba were very loyal to spain. Most sugar was going to the united states.
