Grito de Yara
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Grito de Yara was the 1868 proclamation by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes that launched Cuba’s Ten Years' War for independence from Spanish colonial rule.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Grito de Yara canonical | 7 |
| Cry of Yara | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
ⓘ
revolutionary proclamation ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Grito de Yara
ⓘ
surface form:
Cry of Yara
|
| chronology |
followed growing tensions between Cuban creoles and Spanish authorities
ⓘ
preceded the Ten Years' War ⓘ |
| colonialContext | Spanish colonialism in the Caribbean ⓘ |
| commemoratedAs | Cuban national historical date ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | October 10 ⓘ |
| conflict | Ten Years' War ⓘ |
| country | Cuba ⓘ |
| date | 1868-10-10 ⓘ |
| declaredAt | La Demajagua sugar mill ⓘ |
| declaredBy | Carlos Manuel de Céspedes ⓘ |
| hasTopic |
abolitionism
ⓘ
anticolonialism ⓘ national liberation ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| inspired | later Cuban independence efforts ⓘ |
| involved |
Cuban planters
ⓘ
Cuban separatists ⓘ enslaved people in Cuba ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| location |
Captaincy General of Cuba
ⓘ
Oriente Province ⓘ Yara ⓘ |
| memorializedIn |
Cuban historiography
ⓘ
Cuban national celebrations ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Spanish colonial rule in Cuba ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cuban War of Independence
ⓘ
surface form:
Cuban War of Independence movement
|
| politicalGoal |
Cuban national independence
ⓘ
abolition of slavery in Cuba ⓘ |
| purpose | initiate Cuban independence from Spain ⓘ |
| region | eastern Cuba ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
ⓘ
Cuban independence movement ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| result | beginning of the Ten Years' War ⓘ |
| significance |
considered the formal start of Cuba's first war of independence
ⓘ
symbolic starting point of Cuban independence struggles ⓘ |
| triggered | uprising against Spanish authorities in eastern Cuba ⓘ |
| typeOfDeclaration |
call to arms
ⓘ
independence proclamation ⓘ |
| year | 1868 ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cry of Yara