LEADER 02752nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910460242903321 005 20220204232458.0 010 $a0-8166-7489-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000069680 035 $a(EBL)635539 035 $a(OCoLC)698116898 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000467306 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11337328 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467306 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10489526 035 $a(PQKB)10019704 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC635539 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL635539 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10440587 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000069680 100 $a20100630d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA black soldier's story$b[electronic resource] $ethe narrative of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban War of Independence /$fRicardo Batrell ; edited and translated by Mark A. Sanders 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (312 p.) 300 $aTranslation of: Para la historia : apuntes autobiogra?ficos de la vida de Ricardo Batrell Oviedo. Habana : Seoane y Alvarez, impresores, 1912. 311 $a0-8166-5008-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban Racial Narrative: An Introduction to A Black Soldier's Story; A Note on Translation and Editing; A Black Soldier's Story; Looking for Ricardo Batrell in Havana: An Appendix Essay; Acknowledgments; Translator's Notes; Works Cited; Index 330 $aIn 1896, an illiterate, fifteen-year-old Afro-Cuban field hand joined the rebel army fighting for Cuba's independence. Though poor and uneducated, Ricardo Batrell believed in the promise of Cuba Libre, the vision of a democratic and egalitarian nation that inspired the Cuban War of Independence. After the war ended in 1898, Batrell taught himself to read and write and published a memoir of his wartime experiences, Para la Historia . Originally published in 1912-the same year in which the Cuban government massacred more than 5,000 Afro-Cubans-this work of both protest and patriotism is the only 606 $aBlack people$zCuba$vBiography 606 $aSoldiers$zCuba$vBiography 607 $aCuba$xHistory$yRevolution, 1895-1898$vPersonal narratives 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBlack people 615 0$aSoldiers 676 $a972.91/05 700 $aBatrell$b Ricardo$fb. 1880.$0861665 701 $aSanders$b Mark A.$f1963-$0861666 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460242903321 996 $aA black soldier's story$91922783 997 $aUNINA