CABRERA 



RAIMUNDO CABRERA 



Lawyer; editor; author. 



Raimundo Cabrera was born in Ha- 

 vana on the ninth of March, 1852, and 

 received his early education in the schools 

 for the poor in the town of Giiines whence 

 he passed,' as a gratuitous pupil, to the 

 Colegio of San Francisco of Asis completing 

 there his course for the Bachelor's degree. 



From his boyhood he was involved in 

 revolutionary activities against the Spanish 

 rule and in 1869 he was indicted, con- 

 demned, and confined upon the Isle of Pines. 

 In 1872 he obtained permission from the 

 Spanish authorities to be transferred to 

 Seville where he was permitted to resume 

 his studies at the University and obtained 

 the degree of Licentiate and was admitted 

 to practice in 1873. In the same year he 

 returned to Cuba and entered upon the 



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