SMGO-0692 Afro Cuban uprising of 1912 Post card

$100.00

1 in stock

Description

A rare post card from a lesser-known conflict in world history. I believe this is a photo card showing US Soldiers who were sent in to protect US interests. Very hard to find Pre WW1 items on the market.

 

From Wikipedia:

“The War of 1912 (Spanish: Levantamiento Armado de los Independientes de Color, lit. ‘Armed Uprising of the Independents of Color’), also known as the Little Race War, the Negro Rebellion, or The Twelve, was a series of protests and uprisings in 1912 in Cuba, which saw conflict between Afro-Cuban rebels and the armed forces of Cuba. It took place mainly in the eastern region of the island, where most Afro-Cubans were employed. After weeks of fighting, which involved massacres of Afro-Cubans by the Cuban National Army led by General Jesus Monteagudo [es] and a U.S. military intervention to protect American companies, the rebellion was put down. The leaders of the Afro-Cuban rebels, Evaristo Estenoz [es; eu] and Pedro Ivonnet, were killed during the rebellion and their political movement, The Independent Party of Color, was dissolved. Between 3,000 and 6,000 people were killed in the rebellion.[5][6]”

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