An Inroduction to the Life of Antonio Maceo: “The Bronze Titan”
Featured above, you'll see a picture of Antonio Maceo. Isaiah was a Venezuelan-Cuban-Dominican leader that was born in Cuba to a farmer as his father- who had left his home in Venezuela; and a Cuban Dominican, mother. Miss it became a leader at a young age as he took control of his father's farm work, becoming an entrepreneur before the age of 16. By the age of 16, he had enlisted in the army, with his father and brother, and within months, had already been moved up and rank to serve as a Lieutenant. All the trips around him were aware of his talents and leader ship. However, there were a few people who saw him as just a black man who serves no purpose. Those are literally the same people who try to push back his advancements within the military due to the races and classists beliefs.
After serving an over 500 bottles, Maceo gained, the title of the Bronze Titan due to his ability to withstand injury from bullets and blades, and he recovered from over 25 injuries during these battles.
The name was a testament to his resilience on and off the battlefield as he continue to face the backlash of his race and status from other patriots.
Many leaders tried to recruit Maceo's involvement in their treaties in order to end the war, but he was against it seeing as these treaties could only lead to more war- and they did. Ironically enough he was not one of the leaders who had signed the treaty that ended the 10 years war. He didn't want any involvement in anything that wasn't assisting in the aid of abolishing slavery in Cuba and also getting Cuba's independence. - Despite the minor wars that did arise Merce, or eventually settled in Costa Rica, where he was placed in charge of a small plot of land and a military unit. But during that time, he was also contacted again about starting another war. As the preparation began for this journey, Maceo began his trek to western Cuba, all these efforts in the hope of getting independence for Cuba. However, the efforts were avoid as on his journey Maceo was struck, and his body was abandoned due to his size and stature by his unit. Two farmers later found him and his aide Lt. Toro and buried the two bodies in a small farm, whose location was to remain a secret until Cuba was an independent nation.
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I liked reading your perspective on Antonio Maceo. He was a great soldier and he was a black man which is great. He had humble but preparatory beginnings and I think that is how he was able to be such a hero. I am glad you were able to embed your timeline. I had issues with that as well and finally got it right. Some of your pictures are not showing up on your timeline though. You may want to fix that later. Your story overall is good though.
Hi Ketsia,
I enjoyed your blog post you did great! I'm glad you were able to figure out the timeline and embedding it. I noticed that a few people wrote about Antonio Maceo, I'm not surprised his story was very intriguing, I liked hearing his story from your point of view.