The first person to express his desire for independence in poetry was José María Heredia (1803-1839), whose poems were full of patriotic passion. "The Cursed Son" by the poet Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdez (1809-1844), the dramatist José Jacinto Milanes (1814-1863) "The Count of Ararkos" all express the struggle between individuals and fate. The famous novelist Anselmo Suárez y Romero (1818-1878)'s "Francisco" and Placido's poem "The Pirate's Departure" expressed the injustice of the world. The poem "Autobiography" by Juan Francisco Manzano (1797-1857), a poet who was born as a slave, longs for freedom and criticizes the slavery system.