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Cuba’s Star-Spangled Slavery

The Torn Flag

The Stars and Stripes, not the Confederate flag, once represented the sordid system of human slavery in Cuba.

Christopher Dickey
Christopher Dickey 

World News Editor

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Christopher Dickey

Christopher Dickey

World News Editor

christopher.dickey@thedailybeast.com

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