A town council (cabildo secular), and by extension a town hall and the area of the council’s jurisdiction – the

Two individuals in the late eighteen century were instrumental in shaping the intellectual climate of the island, Captain-General Don Luis

A government agency for promoting economic development. The consulado originated in medieval Spain as a guild of merchants in a

One of early 19th century Cuba’s most important secret societies, it was founded in 1821 by Cuban Creole leader José

Name given to the Slave conspiracy of 1843-1844, a climax to successive waves of slave revolts throughout Cuba in the

Spanish institution brought to the New World to deal with the Indians, groups of whom would be assigned to an

Institution founded in Old Havana in 1818 as an art and craftsmanship school by the Sociedad Económica de Amigos del

Founded in Old Havana in 1773 by Bishop José de Hechavarría, as the Real and Consular Seminario, to prepare sons

Trading company with Cuban and Spanish shareholders, created December 18, 1740, to ensure that Cuban tobacco would be exported exclusively

The movement for reform (reformismo) in Cuba, began in the early 19th century, received new impetus by mid-century.  The drive

The reform commission, created by a Spanish royal decree of November 25, 1865, of 12 Creole and 4 Spanish-born members,

The Cuban Revolutionary Party was conceived from the set of resolutions or bases that evolved out of an exile meeting

Founded in 1878 as the Partido Liberal, it advocated home rule for Cuba (Autonomismo) and in 1881 became known as

Weekly four-page newspaper that succeeded the original Gaceta de la Habana from October 24, 1790.  Founded by Governor Luis de

Organized in the early 1900s by a group of radical Blacks unhappy with their lack of political opportunities, the “Independent

Cuban sentiment in favor of the abolition of slavery first became significant in the 1850s.  Many of the larger planters

The “Cuban Assembly” composed of delegates elected by 31 corps of the Army of Liberation and summoned by the Council

Founded by Carlos Baliño in the early 1920s, the Communist Association of Havana was one of the various communist groups

An opposition movement against President Alfredo Zayas consisting of veterans of the wars of Cuba’s independence struggle.  Beginning as a

A clandestine revolutionary organization founded in 1934 by Antonio Guiteras Holmes, interior minister in the Grau San Martín administration, which