Hispania

Ensayo político sobre la isla de Cuba, de Alejandro de Humboldt, es un libro clave en el análisis de la esclavitud en el Caribe en la primera mitad del siglo XIX.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

En un tiempo en el que la memoria histórica reclama un lugar parecía obligado aprovechar el centenario de aquel escándalo para reivindicar la inocencia de su protagonista. El 13 de octubre de 1909, hace ahora exactamente cien años, moría fusilado en el castillo de Montjuïc el pedagogo, anarquista y librepensador catalán Francisco Ferrer i Guardia, condenado a la última pena en virtud de una polémica sentencia que lo consideró «autor y máximo responsable» de los sucesos revolucionarios conocidos históricamente como la Semana Trágica. Con la ejecución de Ferrer i Guardia la...