Republic of Cuba in Arms
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The Republic of Cuba in Arms was the government that occupied the revolutionary pre-republican era of Cuba that existed in two periods, the first period occurring during the Ten Years' War from 1868 t
Executive government of the Cuban Republic in Arms. Ernesto Fons Sterling, Secretary of the Treasury; Vice-President Domingo Mendez Capote; Andrés Moreno de la Torre, Secretary of Foreign Affairs; President Bartolomé Masó; José B. Aleman, Secretary of War; Manuel Ramon Silva, Secretary of the Interior.
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
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Carlos Manuel de Céspedes del Castillo was a Cuban revolutionary hero and First President of Cuba in Arms in 1868. Céspedes, who was a plantation owner in Cuba, freed his slaves and made the declarati
Republic of Cuba in Arms
…during the Cuban War of Independence from 1895 to 1899, governed by the Jimaguayú Constitution. The first President of the Cuban Republic in Arms was Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. The first Vice President of the Republic in Arms was Francisco Vicente Aguilera. On October 10, 1868, the Bell of La Demajagua was rung at the Demajagua…
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
Birthplace of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Statue of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes in Céspedes Park in Bayamo
Céspedes depicted on the artist/progress proof designed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for Cuban silver certificates (1936).