The Island of Cuba-Early colonists-Island aborigines-First importation of slaves-Cortez and his followers-Aztecs-The law of races-Mexican aborigines-Valley of Mexico-Pizarro-The end of heroes-Retributive justice-Decadence of Spanish power-History of Cuba-The rovers of the Gulf-Havana fortified-The tyrant Velasquez-Office of captain-general-Loyalty of the Cubans-Power of the captain-general-Cupidity of the government-The slave-trade-The British take Havana-General Don Luis de las Casas-Don Francisco de Arranjo-Improvement, moral and physical, of Cuba. The island of Cuba, one of the earliest...