Title City of intrigue, nest of revolution : a documentary history of Key West in the nineteenth century / Consuelo E. Stebbins ; foreword by Gary R. Mormino and Raymond Arsenault

Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 258 pages) : illustrations, maps Series The Florida history and culture series Florida history and culture series. Contents Table of Contents; List of Illustrations ix; Foreword xi; Preface xiii; Acknowledgments xv; Introduction xvii; Chronology of Spanish Consuls in Key West xxi; 1. Navigating the Reefs 1; 2. Wreck Ashore! 8; 3. Slave Ships 20; 4. The Southernmost Port 32; 5. Military Bases 43; 6. Contraband 55; 7. Cuban Smacks 66; 8. The Great Fire of 1886 77; 9. Cigar Capital 84; 14. Local Politics 165; 15. Separatists versus Autonomists 177; 16. Revolutionary Clubs 185; 17. Tampa 194; 18. Expeditions 214; Notes 235; Bibliography 247; Index 251; 10. Rebel Colony 95; 11. Los Jefes 110; 12. Nihilists 129 Summary This is the story of the Cuban residents of nineteenth-century Key West, Florida, and their struggle to liberate Cuba, as told by Spanish consuls Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Consuls -- Florida -- Key West -- Correspondence Consuls -- Spain -- Correspondence Spaniards -- Florida -- Key West -- Correspondence HISTORY -- State & Local. Consuls Politics and government Social conditions Spaniards SUBJECT Key West (Fla.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Key West (Fla.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century -- Sources Key West (Fla.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Sources Key West (Fla.) -- Biography Subject Florida -- Key West Spain Genre/Form Biographies History Personal correspondence Sources Form Electronic book ISBN 9780813036434 0813036437

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