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Christopher Columbus' landing on the island during his first voyage of discovery on 28 October 1492. Arrived at Baracoa eastern point of Cuba.
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The Spanish began to create permanent settlements on the island of Hispaniola, east of Cuba, soon after Columbus' arrival in the Caribbean. Hispanolia is Dominican Republic and Haiti.
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The coast of Cuba was not fully mapped until 1509, when Sebastián de Ocampo completed this task.
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In 1511, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar set out from Hispaniola to form the first Spanish settlement in Cuba, the settlement was at Baracoa,
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98% of all natives in Cuba were killed, until the new laws in 1552.
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In 1513, Ferdinand II of Aragon issued a decree establishing the encomienda, encomienda was a rule that stated that native Cuban Americans had to become slaves. This was created because of a native chieftain, that was against of the Spanish, he was killed with many other indians he was the first rebel in the Americas. Some of the natives thought like the chieftain, and were killed, others ran to the mountains. But only few became slaves. At the end of 1550 the encomienda was stopped, 98% killed.
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In 1514, a settlement in Cuba was founded in what was to become Havana.
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In 1552 indians were freed from the encomieda, and seven indian towns were created
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The first anti-slavery treaty for black, this removed the slave tradein Cuba, which was that slaves were sold and bought. But it did not remove it
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Removed it England but not in Cuba, slavery was removed until the end of the 19th century.
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Black slaves were put in a ladder and hit with a wip until death if they were accused of something. Unless they told the truth they stopped hitting them.
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Cuban General in Cuban fight for Independence, who went on to become president
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Cuban planter who freed his slaves and made the declaration of Cuban independence in 1868 which started the Ten Years' War
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Was a Cuban national hero and an important figure in Latin American literature. In his short life he was a poet, an essayist, a journalist, a revolutionary philosopher, a translator, a professor, a publisher, and a political theorist.
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He was an exile and journalist. Received honors for his dedication and journalistic works
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Was a Cuban poet and dissident who opposed the governments of both Fulgencio Batista and Fidel Castro. In 1961, the regime sentenced him to 10 years in prison.
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In 1956 Guevara, Castro and eighty other men and women arrived in Cuba in an attempt to overthrow the government of General Fulgencio Batista. This group became known as the July 26 Movement. (HELPED CASTRO OVERTHROW BATISTA)
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Was a rebel commander. In 2006 he did a exchange of powers due to Fidel Castro's illnes and in 2008 he became official president.
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