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Carlos Manuel de Céspedes

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Profession
Activist
Died
Feb 27, 1874
Zodiac
Aries
Born in
Cuba
About
Remembered as the catalyst for the Ten Years' War, this plantation owner declared Cuban independence in 1868 and liberated his slaves, encouraging them to join him in a rebellion against Cuba's Spanish-controlled government. He was killed by the Spanish in 1874, but his actions paved the way for the Cuban War of Independence of the late 1890s.
Family
His marriage to Maria del Carmen de Cespedes y del Castilo resulted in a daughter named Maria and sons named Oscar and Carlos. With his second wife, Ana Maria de Quesada y Loinaz, he had three more children: Carlos, Oscar, and Gloria. Finally, through a later-life affair with Francisca Rodriguez, he fathered a son named Manuel.

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