Cuba's Most Universal Man
Cuba's Most Universal Man
Chapter one is an introduction to Martí’s life that describes his childhood experiences with slavery in Cuba and how those experiences affected him. It also describes his early writing in relation to race: Abdala, a short dramatic poem, and El Diablo Cojuelo (the Lame Devil), a text in support of Cuban independence. This chapter shows the importance of Martí’s time in Mexico and Guatemala, especially in regard to Indian communities, and it takes him to New York, where he began his life in exile in the United States. Martí met death on the battlefield in Cuba in 1895 after planning a war of independence from Spain and a political future for Cuba in which Cubans of every color were to be partners.
Keywords: Life in exile, José Martí, Cuban independence
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