Summary

Description	"A group of escaped reconcentrados, saved from the fate of starvation imposed by the Butcher, Weyler. They stand in line waiting, each man with his tin dish and cup. One expects to see just such men as these, after the centuries of Spanish oppression and tyranny. As they come forward, their walk, even, is listless and lifeless. The picture affords an exceedingly interesting racial character study. At one side stands a group of officers from the camp near by, accompanying several ladies who are seeing the sights. 50 feet"--Edison films "war extra" catalog. Depicts a group of "reconcentrados" (rural noncombatant Cubans). During the Spanish-American War reconcentrados were moved by the military authorities into areas surrounding fortified towns, and later into the towns themselves. The "reconcentration" policy was ordered the military governor of Cuba, General Valeriano Weyler, to make it difficult for insurgents to hide among civilians. The idea was to protect the civilians until the Spa
Date	1898
Source	www.loc.gov
Author	thomas a. edison, inc, paley, william daly, paper print collection (library of congress)

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Attribution: thomas a. edison, inc, paley, william daly, paper print collection (library of congress), 1898