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‖ reconcentrado, n. Obs. exc. Hist.|ˌriːkɒnsənˈtrɑːdəʊ|
[Sp., pa. pple. of reconcentrar to bring together, to concentrate.]
In the Cuban war of independence (1895–8), any of the rural Cubans concentrated in garrisoned towns or detention camps by the Spanish military authorities.
1898R. Davey Cuba 108 The miserable reconcentrados..who, between the two camps, have been systematically starved to death. 1902‘Mark Twain’ in N. Amer. Rev. May 624 It was Funston's example that made us copy Weyler's reconcentrado horror. 1910Encycl. Brit. VII. 604/2 ‘Reconcentracion’ of non-combatants..produced extreme suffering and much starvation (as the reconcentrados were largely thrown upon the charity of the beggared communities in which they were huddled). 1927C. Chapman Hist. Cuban Republic iv. 81 The keynote of his methods was his so-called reconcentrado (reconcentration) policy. All Cubans (men, women, and children) were ordered to move into garrisoned Spanish towns or concentration camps, and no civilian was to go into the rural districts without a passport. |