During the French Revolution when revolutions were rising all over Latin America, Cuba was not eager to become one of those countries. It was amongst the last countries in Latin America to revolt; in addition, their revolution was not successful. This led to many problems and a long history of instability in Cuba.
In 1791, the Haitian Revolution began. The slaves, who wanted revenge and freedom, revolted and burned plantations and executed Frenchmen. The people in Cuba knew of this happening and the miedo al negro [fear of the black] developed. The non-blacks did not want anything similar to the Haitian Revolution to start in Cuba. While innumerable slave ships came in from Africa, the citizens of Cuba became more and more afraid of a violent revolution. While there were elite whites, mestizos, and mulattos leading revolutions to over throw slavery all over Latin America, no one stepped up to do so in Cuba because of the miedo al negro (Encarta, Cuba). The miedo al negro was a......

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Title: Cuba: The Late Bloomer
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