Cuba Colonization

Colonizers first came to Cuba Looking for

• Sugar

• Tomatoes

• Gold

• A nice weather

The Haitian Revolution Impacts Cuba because

• it leads to people in Cuba mounting their own revolution

• it creates new interest for Cuba

• it rely on Haiti for economic support

• Cuban colonizers Could no longer vacation in Haiti

Enslaved people in Cuba

• Could never buy their freedom

• Lived about 20 years

• Were usually worked to death and replaced because it was cheaper

• Work mostly in the mornings

Cuba became wealthy because

• It had tremendous gold mines

• It was the focus of Spain from the moment it was discovered

• It developed large plantations

• It created a ship building industry

The initial economic development of Cuba was fueled by

• the Spanish

• The French

• the British

• The Americans

The development of the trade of enslaved people started in Cuba

• Right from the beginning

• late 1700s

• late 1800s

• 1924

Enslaved Cubans experienced punishment in the form

• working an extra hour

• being mutilated

• Having to work a longer time as slaves

• They received a stern warning

Enslaved people normally obtained their freedon

• when they lost body parts

• when they worked 10 years

• when they got old or were very sick

• when they made enough money for their masters

Formerly enslaved people

• Had very little freedoms

• Could engage in many occupations similar to white people

• Had to leave Cuba

• had to move to the hills

Enslaved people resisted enslavement by

• by conforming to white norms

• by hoping to gain their freedom at some point

• by running away and forming their own communities

• By quiet quitting