A Black Soldier's Story: the Narrative of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban War of Independence

A Black Soldier's Story: the Narrative of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban War of Independence

But then I could retreat from the camp, although with sharp pains in my leg. Sanguily, Pedro José Castillo Maróa, his assistant, Pablo Espinosa, and my good friend Leocadio all were able to retreat much faster than I because my wounds hadn’t completely healed. I was a roadblock for me; so I lay down and was now decaying, I was a roadblock for me; so I lay down on the ground next to the tree, and covered myself with dirt; and as it turned out, that saved me.

Written by Ricardo Batrell // Published in Minneapolis, USA by University of Minnesota Press in 2010. First edition
A Black Soldier's Story: the Narrative of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban War of Independence


Books by Ricardo Batrell in ALAWiT

Para la historia: apuntes autobiográficos de la vida de Ricardo Batrell Oviedo.

Edition published in La Habana by Seoane y Alvarez, Impresores in 1912
Para la historia: apuntes autobiográficos de la vida de Ricardo Batrell Oviedo.
Ricardo Batrell
A Black Soldier's Story: the Narrative of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban War of Independence

Edition published in Minneapolis, USA by University of Minnesota Press in 2010
A Black Soldier's Story: the Narrative of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban War of Independence
Ricardo Batrell

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