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title	:	Impressions of Cuba in the Nineteenth Century : The Travel Diary of Joseph J. Dimock Latin American Silhouettes
author	:	Dimock, Joseph Judson.; Prez, Louis A.
publisher	:	Scholarly Resources, Inc.
isbn10 | asin	:	0842026584
print isbn13	:	9780842026581
ebook isbn13	:	9780585282091
language	:	English
subject	Cuba--Description and travel, Dimock, Joseph Judson,--1827-1862--Diaries, Cuba--Social life and customs, Dimock, Joseph Judson,--1827-1862--Journeys--Cuba.
publication date	:	1998
lcc	:	F1763.D56 1998eb
ddc	:	917.29104/5
subject	:	Cuba--Description and travel, Dimock, Joseph Judson,--1827-1862--Diaries, Cuba--Social life and customs, Dimock, Joseph Judson,--1827-1862--Journeys--Cuba.

Page i Impressions of Cuba in the Nineteenth Century

Page ii Joseph J. Dimock. Courtesy Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Dimock IV.

Page iii Impressions of Cuba in the Nineteenth Century The Travel Diary of Joseph J. Dimock Edited by Louis A. Prez

Page iv 1998 by Scholarly Resources Inc. All rights reserved First published 1998 Printed and bound in the United States of America Scholarly Resources Inc. 104 Greenhill Avenue Wilmington, DE 19805-1897 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dimock, Joseph Judson, 18271862. Impressions of Cuba in the nineteenth century: the travel diary of Joseph J. Dimock / edited by Louis A. Prez. p. cm. (Latin American silhouettes: studies in history and culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8420-2657-6 (cloth: alk. paper). ISBN 0-8420-2658-4 (paper: alk. paper) 1. CubaDescription and travel. 2. Dimock, Joseph Judson, 18271862Diaries. 3. CubaSocial life and customs. 4. Dimock, Joseph Judson, 18271862 JourneysCuba. I. Prez, Louis A., 1943 . II. Title. III. Series: Latin American silhouettes. F1763.D56 1998 917.29104'5dc21 97-34086 CIP The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for permanence of paper for printed library materials, Z39.48, 1984.

Page v For Helen, a traveler of vast distances

Page vi About the Editor Louis A. Perz, Jr., is J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His previous books include Cuba between Empires, 18781902 (1983), Cuba: Between Reform and Revolution, 2d ed. (1995), and Cuba and the United States: Ties of Singular Intimacy, 2d ed. (1997).

Page vii Contents Introduction ix February 1859 1 March 1859 71 Bibliographical Essay: Selected Travel Titles 147

Page ix Introduction The middle decades of the nineteenth century were remarkable years in Cuba, a time of slave conspiracies and annexationist plots, of filibustering invasions from without and colonial insurrection from within, years of economic expansion, and of political intrigue. These were also the decades of manifest destiny in the United States, and indeed nothing seemed more manifestly destined than the annexation of Cuba. Many believed that the time for union was right since the success of militant expansion westward seemed to portend expansion southward. Developments in Cuba were not unconnected to events in the United States. Annexationist stirrings peaked and subsided in both countries during the 1840s and 1850s. In the United States, expansionist elements were in the political ascendancy and pursued the acquisition of Cuba with new purposefulness. War with Mexico had resulted in a vast increase of national territory, and many North Americans seemed to want more. This was the age of filibusters. William Walker planned to seize Nicaragua, and John Quitman dreamed of Cuban annexation to maintain southern parity for slave states. In 1848, President James K. Polk offered Spain $100 million for the island, without success. At about the same time, filibuster Narciso Lpez mounted three successive filibustering invasions of Cubaone in 1848 to Manicaragua, another in 1849 in Crdenas, and the last one in 1851 to Baha Honda, where he was finally captured and subsequently

Page x executed. In early 1854 the administration of President Franklin Pierce again tendered a purchase offer to Spain for Cuba, thereby raising the bid to $130 million but with no more success than the previous offer. Some months later, U.S. ministers to Spain, France, and England met in Ostend, Belgium, and publicly urged the United States to renew its offer to purchase Cuba. The Ostend Manifesto, as the declaration became known, ended on an ominous note, warning that if Spain refused to sell the island, "then, by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in wresting it from Spain if we possess the power."

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