Juan Francisco Manzano information

Juan Francisco Manzano
Juan Francisco Manzano
Born	1797; Matanzas, Cuba, Spain
Died	July 19, 1853; La Habana, Cuba, Spain
Occupations	Writer; poet; playwright; craftsman; page;

Juan Francisco Manzano (c. 1797–1853) was born a house slave in the province of Matanzas, Cuba during the colonial period. Manzano's father died before he was fifteen and his only remaining family was his mother, sister, and two brothers. Manzano worked as a page throughout his life. He wrote two works of poetry and his autobiography while still enslaved. The Autobiography of a Slave is one of only two personal accounts of 19th-century Cuban slavery, the only existing narrative accounts of slavery in Spanish America. The other is by Esteban Mesa Montejo. Irish abolitionist Richard Robert Madden published his English translation of the autobiography under the title Life of the Negro Poet in his 1840 book Poems by a slave in the island of Cuba.^[1]^[2] A second part to Manzano's autobiography was lost. He obtained his freedom in 1836 and later wrote a book of poems and a play, Zafira.^[1] In 1844, Manzano was falsely accused of being involved in the conspiracy of La Escalera. After his release from prison in 1845 he did not publish again and died in 1853.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Encyclopedia of Cuba: People, History, Culture. 2003. Print. This tertiary source reuses information from other sources but does not name them.
^ Gera Burton. (2004). Ambivalence and the postcolonial subject: the strategic alliance of Juan Francisco Manzano and Richard Robert Madden. Volume 10 of Latin America. Peter Lang Publishing. ISBN 0820470589.

[Encyclopedia-1] Encyclopedia of Cuba: People, History, Culture. 2003. Print. This tertiary source reuses information from other sources but does not name them.

[Burton_p._21-2] Gera Burton. (2004). Ambivalence and the postcolonial subject: the strategic alliance of Juan Francisco Manzano and Richard Robert Madden. Volume 10 of Latin America. Peter Lang Publishing. ISBN 0820470589.

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Juan Francisco Manzano
Born	1797 Matanzas, Cuba, Spain
Died	July 19, 1853 La Habana, Cuba, Spain
Occupations	Writer poet playwright craftsman page