José Marti, born in 1853 and a devoted follower of the 1868 struggle, recognized the primary reason for the failure of the First War of Independence: the lack of patriotic unity.

Then he joined two generals from the independence war -- Maximo Gomez and Antonio Maceo -- and arrived in April 1895 and began the fight. He was shot and killed by Spanish troops on a battlefield ...

In 1895, Central Cuba's rapidly expanding cane fields became prime targets for incendiary revolutionaries seeking to destroy the colonial status quo. Spanish forces tried to protect the fields at ...

He would spend years planning revolution with other Cuban exiles, raising funds in America before taking part in the 1895 uprising. With help from the US Cuba won its independence from Spain in ...

He would spend years planning revolution with other Cuban exiles, raising funds in America before taking part in the 1895 uprising. With help from the US Cuba won its independence from Spain in ...

On the eve of Cuba’s Second War for Independence (1895-1898), Martí communicated to Mercado his idea of “Using the independence of Cuba to stop the United States in time from extending ...

Cuban patriots had been waging the War of Independence vs. colonial Spain since 1895, a conflict that blended into the brief Spanish-Cuban-American War in 1898, in turn giving way to the first U.S ...

Through his writings and political activity, Martí became a symbol for Cuba's bid for independence against Spain in the 19th century and is referred to as the "Apostle of Cuban Independence ...