Carlos Manuel de Céspedes

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Carlos Manuel de Céspedes was a Cuban revolutionary leader and landowner known as the “Father of the Homeland” for initiating Cuba’s first war of independence against Spain in 1868.

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instanceOf Cuban revolutionary
abolitionist
human
landowner
lawyer
politician
action freed his slaves at La Demajagua in 1868
burialPlace Santa Ifigenia Cemetery, Santiago de Cuba
causeOfDeath killed in action
child Carlos Manuel de Céspedes self-linksurface differs
surface form: Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada
commemoratedBy Cuban national holiday on October 10
countryOfCitizenship Cuba
dateOfBirth 1819-04-18
dateOfDeath 1874-02-27
educatedAt University of Barcelona
University of Havana
endTime 1873-10-27
ethnicGroup Creole
event Grito de Yara
fieldOfWork law
politics
revolutionary activity
hasMonument monument in Bayamo
statue in Plaza de Armas, Havana
headOfGovernment Republic of Cuba in Arms
honorificTitle Father of the Homeland
ideology Cuban nationalism
knownFor being called the Father of the Cuban Homeland
initiating the Ten Years' War against Spain in 1868
languageSpoken Spanish
movement Cuban independence wars
surface form: Cuban independence movement
name Carlos Manuel de Céspedes self-link
nickname Padre de la Patria
notableWork Grito de Yara
occupation lawyer
planter
politician
revolutionary leader
owned La Demajagua sugar mill
surface form: sugar plantation La Demajagua
participantIn Ten Years' War
placeOfBirth Bayamo
placeOfDeath Sierra Maestra mountains
surface form: San Lorenzo, Sierra Maestra
positionHeld President of the Republic of Cuba in Arms
religion Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male
spouse Ana de Quesada y Loynaz
María del Carmen de Céspedes y del Castillo
startOfRevolutionaryUprising 1868-10-10
startTime 1869-04-10

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Ten Years' War leader Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
Bayamo associatedWith Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
Céspedes Park namedAfter Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
Santa Ifigenia Cemetery burialPlaceOf Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
Cuban Liberation Army hasCommander Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
Cuban Liberation Army notableLeader Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
Guerra Grande significantCommander Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
Guerra de los Diez Años líderInsurrectoDestacado Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
Grito de Yara declaredBy Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
Grito de Yara relatedTo Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes name Carlos Manuel de Céspedes self-link
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes child Carlos Manuel de Céspedes self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada
Camagüey Province hasCity Carlos Manuel de Céspedes