Description: A Project of Cuban Studies Institute Cubans have had ties to the United States for a long time, particularly with the state of Florida. In the 1800’s, thousands of Cubans joined Italian, German, Romanian, and Spanish immigrants in Tampa’s Ybor City neighborhood and Key West, working primarily in the cigar industry. After Fidel Castro forcefully […]
Explore the Journey of Cubans in the State of Florida
Cubans have had ties to the United States for a long time, particularly with the state of Florida. In the 1800’s, thousands of Cubans joined Italian, German, Romanian, and Spanish immigrants in Tampa’s Ybor City neighborhood and Key West, working primarily in the cigar industry.
After Fidel Castro forcefully installed a dictatorship on the island in 1959, hundreds of thousands of Cubans fled to the US, most of them establishing their new lives in Miami and other areas of Florida.