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The centuries-long struggle for emancipation and independence in Cuba was part of a much wider historical process: the ebbing and flowing war of national peoples throughout the world against imperial oppression. In particular, the Cuban struggle was a crucial element in regional resistance to European ambition. The early uprisings were against slavery, the most manifest symbol of imperial exploitation; later, the struggle matured to demand national independence, the essential condition for any people’s dignity and freedom.
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Simons, G. (1996). The Violent Struggle. In: Cuba. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24417-1_4
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