The History of Cuba, vol. 3Johnson, Willis Fletcher
History
The History of Cuba, vol. 3
Johnson, Willis Fletcher
Cuba -- Economic conditions; Cuba -- History
Santiago de Cuba, Columbus at, I, 19;
founded by Velasquez, 68;
second capital of island, 69;
seat of gold refining, 80;
site of cathedral, 123;
condition in Angulo's time, 166;
looted by privateers, 193;
fortified by Menendez, 203;
raided and destroyed by French, 256;
rebuilt by Gomez de Rojas, 258;
capital of Eastern District, 275;
Morro Castle built, 289;
captured by British, 299;
attacked by Franquinay, 310;
attacked by Admiral Vernon, II, 29;
literary activities, 169;
great improvements made, 180;
battles near in War of Independence, IV, 112;
naval battle, 114;
General Wood's administration, 135;
great work for sanitation, 142.
Santiago, battle of, IV, 114.
Santiago, sunset scene, facing III, 280.
Santillan, Diego, Governor, I, 205.
Santo Domingo See HISPANIOLA.
Sanudo, Luis, Governor, I, 336.
Sarmiento. Diego de, Bishop, makes trouble, I, 149, 152.
Saunders, Romulus M., sounds Spain on purchase of Cuba, III, 135.
Sartorius, Manuel and Ricardo, revolutionists, IV, 4.
Savine, Albert, on British designs on Cuba, II, 40.
Schley, Winfield S., Admiral, in Spanish-American War, IV, 110;
portrait, 110;
at Santiago, 114.
Schoener's globe, I, 5.
Schools, backward condition of, II, 174, 244, 312. See EDUCATION.
Shafter, W. R., General, leads American army into Cuba, IV, 111.
Shipbuilding at Havana, II, 8, 33, 113, 300.
Sickles, Daniel E., Minister to Spain, offers mediation, III, 217.
Silva, Manuel, Secretary of Interior, IV, 90.
Slave Insurrection, II, 13;
III, 367, et seq.
Slavery, begun in Repartimiento system, I, 70;
not sanctioned by King, 82;
slave trading begun, 83;
growth and regulation, 170;
oppressive policy of Spain, 266;
the "Assiento," II, 2;
great growth
of trade, 22;
gross abuses, 202;
described by Masse, 202;
census of slaves, 204;
rise of emancipation movement, 206;
rights of slaves defined by King, 210;
African trade forbidden, 285;
Negro census, 286;
early records of trade, 288;
Humboldt on, 288;
statistics of trade, 289 et seq.;
domestic relations of slaves, 292;
dangers of system denounced, 320;
official complicity in illegal trade, 366;
slave insurrection, 367;
inhuman suppression by government, 374 et seq.;
emancipation by revolution of 1868, 159;
United States urges Spain to abolish slavery, 242;
Rodas's decrees, 242;
Moret law, 243.
Smith, Caleb. publishes book on West Indies, II, 37.
Smuggling, II, 133.
"Sociedad de Amigos," II, 169.
"Sociedad Patriotica," II, 166.
"Sociedad Patriotica y Economica," II, 178.
Society of Progress, II, 78.
Solano, José de, naval commander, II, 147.
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