Excerpt from Cuba: Its Past, Present, and Future

Spain also imposed the heaviest trade restrictions upon Cuba. It was exploited in every direction for the benefit Of the mother country and to the exclusion of every one else. All foreigners, and even Spaniards not natives of Castile, were prohibited from trading with the island or settling in it.

The consequence was that the increase Of population was slow, the introduction Of negroes, whose labor was most essential for prosperity, was gradual, and the progress and growth of the island were almost stopped.

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