Guillermo Moncada
Cuban soldier
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| Intro | Cuban soldier | ||
| Places | Cuba | ||
| was | Politician Military personnel | ||
| Work field | Military Politics | ||
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| Birth | 25 June 1841, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba | ||
| Death | 5 April 1895Cuba, Cuba (aged 53 years) | ||
| Star sign | Cancer | ||
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Guillermo Moncada (nicknamed "Guillermón" since his childhood, due to his large size) was one of 29 Cuban generals in the Cuban War of Independence.
He was born in Santiago on June 25, 1841. A former carpenter, he later became a black folk hero, renowned for ending the business of slavehunter Miguel Pérez Céspedes.
He died in 1895 of tuberculosis in his camp in Joturito, Mucaral, municipality of Alto Songo, Santiago de Cuba after years of spending in harsh Spanish prisons.
The Moncada Barracks and Estadio Guillermón Moncada were both named in his honour.