Download or read book Matanzas written by Miguel A. Bretos and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2011-10-09 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matanzas--the name means literally "slaughters"--is the Cuban city nearest the United States. Known at the heyday of the nineteenth-century sugar boom as the "Athens of Cuba," it is renowned for its art, its music, and its rich African heritage. It is also the place where Latin American baseball began. Yet most Americans have never heard of it. Miguel Bretos's fascinating history of his hometown remedies this oversight. Though he came to the United States as a Pedro Pan child and has lived all over the world, his family is still closely tied to the city where they lived for generations. After forty years he returned to his homeland "with the longing of an exile, the anticipation of a child, the curiosity of a visitor, the resentment of a victim, and--hopefully--the objectivity of a scholar." Bretos unfolds the Matanzas story from the aboriginal Tainos to the coming of revolution with solid research, wit, clarity, and the kind of vivid detail that can come only from an insider. But he also deftly inserts Matanzas into a larger picture. More than local history, this original work is Cuban history from a local perspective.

Download or read book Matanza written by Thomas P. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of the 1932 slaughter in El Salvador.

Download or read book Historic Structure Report for Fort Matanzas National Monument St John s County Florida written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Bristol Rhode Island and Matanzas Cuba Slavery Connection written by Rafael Ocasio and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 19th century, Cuba emerged as the world’s largest producer of sugar and the United States its most important buyer. Barely documented today, there was a close commercial relationship between Cuba and the Rhode Island coastal town of Bristol. The citizens of Bristol were heavily involved in the slavery trade and owned sugarcane plantations in Cuba and also served as staff workers at these facilities. Available in print for the first time is a diary that sheds light on this connection. Mr. George Howe, Esquire (1791–1837), documented his tasks at a Bristolian-owned plantation called New Hope, which was owned by well-known Bristol merchant, slave trader, and US senator James DeWolf (1764–1837). Howe expressed mixed personal feelings about local slavery work practices. He felt lucky to be employed and was determined to do his job well, in spite of the harsh conditions operating at New Hope, but he also struggled with his personal feelings regarding slavery. Though an oppressive system, it was at the core of New Hope’s financial success and, therefore, Howe’s well-being as an employee. This book examines Howe’s diary entries in the thematic context of the local Costumbrista literary production. Costumbrismo both documented local customs and critically analyzed social ills. In his letters to relatives and friends Howe depicted a more personal reaction to the underpinnings of slavery practices, a reaction reflecting early abolitionist sentiments.

Download or read book The History of Castillo de San Marcos Fort Matanzas written by Albert C. Manucy and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fort Matanzas National Monument written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Pirates of the Matanzas written by Hannah Keyes and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's not what you think -- and they're the ones nobody suspects. It all began when Angela Parker, the new girl in town, was assigned a crummy partner for the local history project. On a visit to the Castillo de San Marcos, she stumbles across a coded message; but time will only tell the full extent of its meaning. Together with her partner, Evan, Angela is swept up on a twisting and turning mystery of an adventure, full of strange and colorful characters, one as could only happen in America's oldest city: St. Augustine, Florida.

Download or read book Bridge of Lions Over the Matanzas River St Augustine and St Johns Counties written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Guide Book of General Information Relative to Havana Matanzas and the Island of Cuba 1889 written by Prince and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Annual Report of Major General Leonard Wood U S V Commanding Division of Cuba written by United States. Army. Department of Cuba and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Roster of Troops Serving in the Division of Cuba Comprising the Departments of Matanzas and Santa Clara Province of Havana and Pinar Del Rio Havana and Santiago and Puerto Principe written by United States. Army. Dept. of Cuba and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Joint Resolution Inviting the Republic of Cuba to Become a State of the American Union written by Francis Griffith Newlands and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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