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Triunvirato sugar mill, Matanzas Cuba
TRIUNVIRATO.
This monument erected in memory of the Rebel Slave (Esclavo Rebelde) is found
on the land belonging to the ancient sugar mill of Triunvirato, founded in the
XIX century, a period in which many sugar mills were set up and started
functioning in the Matanzas area. Precisely here, events of such
transcendental importance took place on November fifth of 1843, that they
provoked the burst of the greatest rebellion ever in those convulsive times of
slavery. These violent events brought about the initial execution of the
foreman, an evil man that had much abused his victims and following that
event, the slaves set the whole place on fire, devouring even the last wooden
plank of Triunvirato. This monument speaks for itself. There are more than
enough historical reasons for it to have a privileged place among those that
are considered National Monuments.