Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
April 18, 1819 – February 27, 1874
Cuban planter who freed his slaves and began the Ten Years' War with the Grito de Yara in 1868, and was the first president of the rebel Republic of Cuba in Arms.
April 18, 1819 – February 27, 1874
Cuban planter who freed his slaves and began the Ten Years' War with the Grito de Yara in 1868, and was the first president of the rebel Republic of Cuba in Arms.
