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Anaïs Nin's great-grandfather and his role in Cuba[edit]
The article reads "Her father's grandfather had fled France during the Revolution, going first to Saint-Domingue, then New Orleans, and finally to Cuba where he helped build the country's first railway." This is rather ambiguous, as it is unclear on what "helped build the country's first railway" entails. Was he a labourer? Was he a financier? Obviously his aristocratic roots suggest the latter, but its unclear even in Nin's own diary. The excerpt from the diary that is cited in the article, which I have right here, says as follows:
"...recently my aunt brought me the handwritten diary of my great-grandfather, the one who left France during the revolution and went to Haiti, then to New Orleans, and then to Cuba, where he built the first railroads."
This is all she says on the matter. Perhaps the claim should be removed from the article due to its ambiguity? But I will defer to the opinions of other editors on this matter. Jackwc123 (talk) 00:50, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
level-5 vital article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
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