CUBA: Early History of Cuba 1492-1586by Irene A Wright. 1916. 390p The early history of Cuba is marked by the arrival of Spanish conquistadors, particularly Velazquez, who began capturing and enslaving the indigenous population in 1513 to work in La Espanola. The Spanish crown sanctioned this practice as a response to the declining native population in the Caribbean, leading to the establishment of a system that prioritized the extraction of resources, particularly through the