Instinctually I feel like them working on specifically "plantations" probably makes people think of the slavery kind of exploitation over oppressed peasantry.
Probably more that goes into it but I feel like theres an instant association between the two there that there isnt in the same way for China, Russia or Vietnam.
There's also the fact that they were slaves. The plantations that the revolution collectivized are the same plantations that generations of Cubans were enslaved on and after emancipation, their ancestors were tied to by enclosure laws that forbid movement and poor wages.
Even people with ancestors who owned plantations in Cuba would call the workers on their land slaves or at least indentured servants. Because there wasn't really any authority that was gonna do anything about you not paying them or mistreating them.
Instinctually I feel like them working on specifically "plantations" probably makes people think of the slavery kind of exploitation over oppressed peasantry.
Probably more that goes into it but I feel like theres an instant association between the two there that there isnt in the same way for China, Russia or Vietnam.
There's also the fact that they were slaves. The plantations that the revolution collectivized are the same plantations that generations of Cubans were enslaved on and after emancipation, their ancestors were tied to by enclosure laws that forbid movement and poor wages.
Even people with ancestors who owned plantations in Cuba would call the workers on their land slaves or at least indentured servants. Because there wasn't really any authority that was gonna do anything about you not paying them or mistreating them.