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black militia honored in public ceremony in the plaza
Source: Atlantic Creoles in the Age of Revolutions #101
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In public ceremonies held in the same plazas, Spanish officials honored black militiamen for exceptional bravery and also upon retirement after 25 to 5 years of military service. The Diario de la Habana reported the honorific ceremonies and the names of the men who received gold or silver medals bearing the likenesses of the Spanish monarches or the Escutcheon of Fidelity, such as Prince Whitten requested on his retirement. (Landers: Atlantic Creoles)
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