The day is Sunday February 23rd in the country of Cuba. There are so many changes that are happening the this great country, meaning that there are so many strange men that are coming into my country. My fellow Cubans and I are very afraid of these men due to the fact that they bring new technology and people that do not look like us. They are forcing us into working and many of my friends and family have been dying off ever since they have arrived. These men call themselves Spaniards and tell us that they are here for a new opportunity. As time has gone on, more and more ships keep arriving and our population keeps growing and growing. These men that arrive with the Spaniards do not look anything like my fellow Cubans and the Spaniards. The Spaniards also treat them worse than the way they treat us. Ever since they have shown up the population has grown to 700 slaves (Hunt). They have them doing all different types of things such as the agriculture and domestic work (Hunt). Ever since the Spaniards, they have also taken my family and friends and they are putting us to work in terrible conditions and the days are long. Since the Spaniards have been bringing over slaves from Africa, the population of our country has grown immensely. With Spaniards coming into our country many big cities and major port cities. This led to many people moving in to the country, and with more Spaniards coming in, this led to more slaves being imported into our country and causing our country population to increase exponentially. They have started making a new time of product in our country called tobacco and sugar cane. With this new crop many new people have been fleeing to our country and wanting to live here. I have been experiencing new things over the time since the Spaniards have arrived. Many new people have been showing up and this has led to my city and the cities around the country of Cuba to grow at a very fast rate. But this has led to a lot of up rises and led to many revolts that lead to a lot of death and caused many of my friends to die. We see what the Spaniards are doing to us and the other people that they have brought in and we do not like what is going on. This has been causing a lot of problems and leads to major revolts and caused a lot of death. We do not like these Spaniards because of what they are doing to us and we want this to end.
Hunt, Nigel. “Cuba History .Org - Settlement.” Cuba History .Org - History of Cuban Nation,
www.cubahistory.org/en/spanish-settlement/settlement.html.
I really like how your blog is from the perspective of an indigenous person. I think it is good that you address the fear and confusion the native people must have felt when Europeans came to Cuba. The person whose perspective you are giving knows that other Indians are dying and they can connect it to the Europeans but they do not understand that the Europeans are bringing disease with them. I also like how you discuss the brutality of slavery and how African slaves were treated worse than indigenous slaves. I enjoy that you talk about how during this time Cuba’s population exploded and became more diverse.
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