His 315 Book of Drawings

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Aponte's "electronic version" of his Book of Drawings

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Torn from African soil http://www.mayombe.org/brujeria-blog/palo-mayombe-the-mystery-of-the-branches/

Slaves to Cuba

Plantations

Havana

Nicolas Aponte

King Carlos III 1759- 1788

Captain Joaquin Aponte

Awarded medal of the royal effigy of Carlos III

George Washington Ideas for George Washington’s effigy

Aponte the sculptor

Kings of Abyssinia

Haitian Leaders

King Henri Christophe

Toussaint L’ouverture

Jean Francois

Jean Jacques Dessalines

Fuero Rights -Apprentice Agustin Santa Cruz

Political manifesto-Declaration of Independence

1782 assault on Providence Island