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The etext replicates the original book.Some obvious typographical errorshave been corrected; a list follows this etext.The author’s incorrect and varied spellings of Spanishhas not been corrected, modernized or normalized.
FRANCISCO DE FRIAS
One of the foremost agricultural and economic scientists of his time,Francisco de Frias y Jacott, Count of Pozos Dulces, was born in Havanaon September 24, 1809, and died in Paris, France, on October 24, 1877.He studied in the United States and Europe, specializing in physics andchemistry, and then sought to devote his genius to the economic welfareof Cuba. He wrote notable works on Cattle Breeding, on ChemicalResearch, and on Labor and Population. His patriotic spirit provokedCaptain-General Canedo to banish him for a time, but on his return aseditor of El Siglo he conducted so powerful a campaign for social,economic, political and administrative reforms that the Spanishgovernment was constrained to heed him and to plan new legislation forCuba. For this purpose it formed a Junta of Information, of which he wasa member representing Santa Clara. Upon the failure of that body hewrote a memorable protest against the policy which had compelled thatresult, and a year later removed to Paris.
FRANCISCO DE FRIAS One of the foremost agricultural and economic scientists of his time, Francisco de Frias y Jacott, Count of Pozos Dulces, was born in Havana on September 24, 1809, and died in Paris, France, on October 24, 1877. He studied in the United States and Europe, specializing in physics and chemistry, and then sought to devote his genius to the economic welfare of Cuba. He wrote notable works on Cattle Breeding, on Chemical Research, and on Labor and Population. His patriotic spirit provoked Captain-General Canedo to banish him for a time, but on his return as editor of El Siglo he conducted so powerful a campaign for social, economic, political and administrative reforms that the Spanish government was constrained to heed him and to plan new legislation for Cuba. For this purpose it formed a Junta of Information, of which he was a member representing Santa Clara. Upon the failure of that body he wrote a memorable protest against the policy which had compelled that result, and a year later removed to Paris.
THE
HISTORY OF CUBA
BY
WILLIS FLETCHER JOHNSON
A.M., L.H.D.
Author of “A Century of Expansion,” “Four Centuries of
the Panama Canal,” “America’s Foreign Relations”
Honorary Professor of the History of American Foreign
Relations in New York University

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

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