Francisco Vicente Aguilera, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Bayamo, Granma Province, Cuba
About Francisco Vicente Aguilera
- Francisco Vicente Aguilera was a Cuban patriot born in Bayamo, Cuba on June 23, 1821.
- He had ten children with his wife Ana Manuela Maria Dolores Sebastiana Kindelan y Sanchez.
- He studied at the University of Havana receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws.Aguilera had inherited a fortune from his father, and in 1867 he was the richest landowner in the eastern region of Cuba, owning extensive properties, sugar refineries, livestock, and slaves.
- He never bought any of the slaves that were regularly brought from the African coast and offered for sale.
- He only used the slaves he had inherited from his father.
- This required him to hire many free workers to plant and harvest the sugarcane and work the farms.
- He was mayor of Bayamo, and he was a freemason and the head of the Masonic lodge in Bayamo.He traveled to many countries, including the U.S., France, England, and Italy.
- On his travels he came into contact with governments that had chiefs of state who were not monarchs, leading him to embrace the progressive ideas to which he was exposed.
- He became an idealist who was always preoccupied with improving the conditions of his countrymen.
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