Ambrosio Echemendia
Ambrosio Echemendia (born c. 1843) was an Afro-Cuban slave and poet.[1] He authored poems such as Al Damují and Un incrédulo de mis versos.[2] Accused of being involved in slave rebellions on the island,[3] Cuba's white literary elite were so impressed by his verses that they raised $1000 to set him free in 1865.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Pettway, Matthew (2016). "Echemendía, Ambrosio". In Knight, Franklin W.; Gates, Henry Louis Jr. (eds.). Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro–Latin American Biography. Oxford University Press.
- ^ "Ambrosio Echemendia". Poesia Breve. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ Moore, Robin Dale (17 December 1997). Nationalizing Blackness: Afrocubanismo and Artistic Revolution in Havana, 1920-1940. University of Pittsburgh Pre. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-8229-5645-7. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ Fischer, Sibylle (9 April 2004). Modernity Disavowed: Haiti and the Cultures of Slavery in the Age of Revolution. Duke University Press. p. 320. ISBN 978-0-8223-3290-9. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
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