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Brother Marie-Victorin on the Varadero beach, with his sisters and a friends, 1939
Exposition Sous le soleil de Cuba [Jardin botanique de Montréal]
Under the Cuban Sun Cuba Marie-Victorin Itineraries Cuba's Provinces

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16th?19th centuries:
Black slaves


Starting in 1513, black slaves were taken to Cuba by the Spaniards to work on sugar cane and tobacco plantations ? both crops were very popular in Europe.

UdeM: E01182FP02289
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Under the Cuban Sun with Marie-Victorin [Jardin botanique de Montréal]


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