Author : Edward Augustus Johnson
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3849674665
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis History of the Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War by : Edward Augustus Johnson
Download or read book History of the Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War written by Edward Augustus Johnson and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2004 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MANY CAUSES LED up to the Spanish-American war. Cuba had been in a state of turmoil for a long time, and the continual reports of outrages on the people of the island by Spain greatly aroused the Americans. The “ten years war” had terminated, leaving the island much embarrassed in its material interests, and woefully scandalized by the methods of procedure adopted by Spain and principally carried out by General Campos and Weyler, the latter of whom was called the “butcher” on account of his alleged cruelty in attempting to suppress the former insurrection. There was no doubt much to complain of under his administration, for which the General himself was not personally responsible. He boasted that he only had three individuals put to death, and that in each of these cases he was highly justified by martial law.