Andrés Manuel Sánchez (December 9, 1805 - March 16, 1826) was a Cuban revolutionary who was among the first martyrs of Cuba's struggle for independence.
Biography Andrés Manuel Leocadio Sánchez y Pérez was born in Puerto Príncipe (now Camagüey), Spanish Cuba on December 9, 1805.Morales y Morales, V. (1963). Iniciadores y primeros mártires del a revolución cubana. Cuba: Consejo Nacional de Cultura. The term "pardo" was used to describe him.Morales y Morales, V. (1901). Iniciadores y primeros mártires de la revolución cubana. Cuba: Avisador Comercial.
Sánchez was involved in the conspiracy led by José Francisco Lemus which sought to establish the island as an independent republic with the help of Bolívar.Pérez, L. A. (n.d.). Cuba: between reform and revolution (5th ed). Oxford University Press. The suppression of the separatist plot in the summer of 1823 led to arrest warrants for the conspirators. Sánchez and Francisco Agüero Velasco managed to flee, first to Jamaica in 1824, then to the United States, where they eventually settled in Philadelphia and connected with Gaspar Betancourt Cisneros.
To seek the aid of Simón Bolívar, Sánchez went with Francisco Agüero Velasco to Cartagena, Colombia in 1825.Report of the Census of Cuba, 1899. (1900). United States: (n.p.). They enlisted in the Colombian Army and were assigned the rank of second lieutenant.
After relocating to Jamaica, the closest place to reach Cuba, a new plan was developed to gain entry to the island. In March 1826, Agüero alongside Andrés Manuel Sánchez led the first significant revolt for Cuban independence at Puerto Príncipe in Camagüey Province. The uprising reached its end as they were apprehended by the forces of Captain-General Francisco Dionisio Vives, who detained them along with eight other insurgents.Robins, N. A. (2010). The Culture of Conflict in Modern Cuba. United States: McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. Refusing to divulge information about their leaders, the men were sentenced to death for treason.
Death Andrés Manuel Sánchez was executed by hanging on March 16, 1826, at the main square of Puerto Príncipe (now Camagüey).CatasAos, G. C. (2021). The Revolution that Wasn't: My Candid Observations about the Shared Cuba and US Histories. (n.p.): Fulton Books, Incorporated. As a result of their execution, Sánchez and Agüero were the first martyrs in Cuba's fight for independence.The Blue Guide to Cuba. (1948). Cuba: R. Le Febure.
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