A black soldier's story : the narrative of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban War of Independence / Ricardo Batrell ; edited and translated by Mark A. Sanders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Batrell, Ricardo, 1880-

Contributor:

Sanders, Mark A., 1963-

Standardized Title:

Para la historia. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--Cuba--Biography.

Black people.

Soldiers--Cuba--Biography.

Soldiers.

Cuba--History--Revolution, 1895-1898--Personal narratives.

Cuba.

Batrell, Ricardo, 1880-.

Batrell, Ricardo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1896, an illiterate, fifteen-year-old Afro-Cuban field hand joined the rebel army fighting for Cuba's independence. Though poor and uneducated, Ricardo Batrell believed in the promise of Cuba Libre, the vision of a democratic and egalitarian nation that inspired the Cuban War of Independence. After the war ended in 1898, Batrell taught himself to read and write and published a memoir of his wartime experiences, Para la Historia . Originally published in 1912-the same year in which the Cuban government massacred more than 5,000 Afro-Cubans-this work of both protest and patriotism is the only

Contents:

Contents; Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban Racial Narrative: An Introduction to A Black Soldier's Story; A Note on Translation and Editing; A Black Soldier's Story; Looking for Ricardo Batrell in Havana: An Appendix Essay; Acknowledgments; Translator's Notes; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Translation of: Para la historia : apuntes autobiograficos de la vida de Ricardo Batrell Oviedo. Habana : Seoane y Alvarez, impresores, 1912.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-7489-2

OCLC:

698116898