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1511: Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar undertook the conquest of Cuba, capturing and executing the Hispaniolan refugee chief Hatuéy at the stake.
1511: Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar undertook the conquest of Cuba, capturing and executing the Hispaniolan refugee chief Hatuéy at the stake. Modern Cubans regard Hatuéy as a national hero for his early resistance against foreign oppression.
Source · p. 156
Rouse, The Tainos, 156