Mayoral de acero: destajo
- Video
- 2023
- 25m
On 10 October 1868, the slave bell at the La Demajagua sugar mill in Cuba was rung by the mill's owner Carlos Manuel de Céspedes to announce to the enslaved workers that they were free and t... Read allOn 10 October 1868, the slave bell at the La Demajagua sugar mill in Cuba was rung by the mill's owner Carlos Manuel de Céspedes to announce to the enslaved workers that they were free and to invite them to join the fight for independence from Spain. However, as Fernando Ortiz po... Read allOn 10 October 1868, the slave bell at the La Demajagua sugar mill in Cuba was rung by the mill's owner Carlos Manuel de Céspedes to announce to the enslaved workers that they were free and to invite them to join the fight for independence from Spain. However, as Fernando Ortiz points out in his 'Cuban Counterpoint', the bell was later on "replaced by the steam or elec... Read all