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José Martí
José Julián Martí Pérez (January 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895) was aCuban patriot, freedom fighter andpoet. Although he never lived to see Cuba free, he is considered the national hero.
Jose Marti was born inHavana in 1853.[1] At age sixteen he was imprisoned for opposing Spanish colonial rule during the Ten Years War (1868-1878) and later he was exiled to Spain.[2] There he published a pamphlet exposing the horrors of political imprisonment in Cuba, which he himself had experienced.
In1878 he returned to Cuba under a general amnesty and worked for a law firm,[3] but he conspired against the Spanish authorities and again was banished to Spain in September 1879. He fled exile inSpain and came first to France and then to theUnited States.[3] Marti went back toNew York where he lived from1881 to1895.
↑Ronning, C. NealJosé Martí and the Émigré colony in Key West: Leadership and State Formation Praeger Publishers One Madison Avenue New York, New York 1990 page 8
↑Quiroz, Alfonso W.The Cuban Republic and Jose Marti: Reception and Use of a National Symbol Lexington Books 2006 page 2
12Rodríguez-Luis, JulioRe-reading José Martí (1853-1895): One Hundred Years Later (1999) State University of New York Press Albany page 143
