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Carlos Manuel de Céspedes

Cuban independence fighter

b. 1819 CE – d. 1874 CE World The Far West

Carlos Manuel de Céspedes del Castillo (April 18, 1819 Bayamo, Oriente – February 1874 San Lorenzo, Oriente) is a Cuban planter who frees his slaves and makes the declaration of Cuban independence in 1868 that starts the Ten Years' War.

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Moran, J. (2017). Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. History Atlas. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/carlos-manuel-de-cespedes/

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