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*'''Tampa''' was added to such efforts, with a strong migration of Cubans, which went from 720 inhabitants in 1880 to 5,532 in 1890. | *'''Tampa''' was added to such efforts, with a strong migration of Cubans, which went from 720 inhabitants in 1880 to 5,532 in 1890. | ||
*However, the second half of the 1890s marked the decline of the Cuban immigrant population, as an important part of it returned to the island to fight for independence. The War accentuated Cuban immigrant integration into American society, whose numbers were significant: more than 12,000 people. | *However, the second half of the 1890s marked the decline of the Cuban immigrant population, as an important part of it returned to the island to fight for independence. The War accentuated Cuban immigrant integration into American society, whose numbers were significant: more than 12,000 people. | ||
*In the mid- to late 19th century, several cigar manufacturers moved their operations to Key West. Many Cuban cigar workers followed. | |||
*In 1885, Vicente Martinez Ybor moved his cigar operations to Tampa, Florida, and designed Ybor City as a modified company town, and it quickly attracted thousands of Cuban workers from Key West and Cuba. West Tampa, founded nearby in 1892, also grew quickly. Between these communities, the Tampa Bay area's Cuban population grew from almost nothing to the '''largest in Florida'''. | |||
*Several other small waves of Cuban emigration to the U.S. occurred in the early 20th century (1900–1959). Most settled in Florida and the northeast U.S., an estimated 100,000 Cubans arriving in that time period. | |||
*The Cuban population officially registered in the United States for 1958 was around 125,000 people including descendants. Of these, more than 50,000 remained in the United States after the revolution of 1959. | |||
====Afro-Cuban Descendants in Africa==== | ====Afro-Cuban Descendants in Africa==== | ||
*African countries such as '''Nigeria''', the home of the Yoruba and Igbo cultures, and '''Spanish Guinea''' experienced an influx of '''ex-slaves from Cuba brought there as indentured servants during the 17th century, and again during the 19th century'''. In Spanish Guinea, they became part of the Emancipados; in Nigeria, they were called Amaros. Despite being free to return to Cuba when their tenure was over, they remained in these countries marrying into the local indigenous population. | *African countries such as '''Nigeria''', the home of the Yoruba and Igbo cultures, and '''Spanish Guinea''' experienced an influx of '''ex-slaves from Cuba brought there as indentured servants during the 17th century, and again during the 19th century'''. In Spanish Guinea, they became part of the Emancipados; in Nigeria, they were called Amaros. Despite being free to return to Cuba when their tenure was over, they remained in these countries marrying into the local indigenous population. | ||