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The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
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Purchase on AmazonWritten in verse, this is a Pura Belpré Award-winning portrait of Juan Francisco Manzano, the poet who was born a slave in Cuba in 1797. Margarita Engle explores Manzano’s poetic interpretations of his world and what freedom really means in a slave society.
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