What were the Spanish "reconcentration camps"?

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Marie Donaldson

12 January, 15:15

What were the Spanish "reconcentration camps"?

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Howard Rodgers · Answer 1

Food was scarce and famine and disease quickly swept through the camps. By 1898, one third of Cuba's population had been forcibly sent into the concentration camps. Over 400,000 Cubans died as a result of the Spanish Reconcentration Policy.

Maia Fry · Answer 2

Food was scarce and famine and disease quickly swept through the camps. By 1898, one third of Cuba's population had been forcibly sent into the concentration camps. Over 400,000 Cubans died as a result of theSpanish Reconcentration Policy.