HIS101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Agrarian Reform, Antonio Maceo Grajales, Consciousness Raising
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Thesis: the cuban revolution was a continuation of cuba"s earlier struggle for independence. They weren"t able to get it from spain. Spain was concerned with its mainland colonies. U. s was concerned with setting a good example. France began to bring in thousands of africans to work on the plantation sites. Eastern cuba became the place for free slaves and runaway blacks: began the most cuban pat of the country, where u. s established guantanamo bay (a place in cuba in which was free from. American law and regulations, therefore they could punish their convicts as they wish without facing any legal consequences. He was only a child when the revolution was hopeful. He was interested in talking about political and cultural issues through poetry and literature. 1868 = fighting for independence leads to 1968. His radical song tried to bring back martyrs of 1868. These two were bond to one another pretty tightly.
