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Fernando Fernández (c.1850–1940) was the founder of the oldest rum producing company in Puerto Rico.〔"The Rough Guide to Puerto Rico (Rough Guide Puerto Rico)"; by Stephen Keeling; page 53; Publisher: Rough Guides; ISBN 1-4053-8261-9, ISBN 978-1-4053-8261-8.〕 ==Start of a dynasty== Fernández, was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. He was the owner of the Santa Ana Plantation located in the city of his birth. The Santa Ana Plantation is located on land which was granted to his grandfather (whose name was also Fernando Fernández) by the Spanish Royal Crown in 1797. Fernández's grandfather was a naval captain who fought against pirates and English merchant ships. The Spanish Royal Crown granted him this land in recognition of his service to Spain, here he planted sugar canes and raised cattle.〔(Traveler )〕 In 1804, the elder Fernández used a mixture of sugar and honey to process and distill rum. He aged his product in special barrels which were imported from Europe. The rum he produced was only for his own personal use and that of his family. In 1821, various slaves from his plantation were involved in a conspiracy. A slave from another plantation by the name of Marcos Xiorro planned and organized a revolt against the slave masters. The plans of the revolt were discovered by the Spanish authorities and never took place.〔(Conspiracy of Marcos Xiorro )〕 In 1827, he ordered his 127 slaves to build an enormous windmill shaped like a tower. The windmill helped to extract the juice from the sugar canes. He would still resort to the use of manpower whenever the wind wasn't strong enough to operate the windmill.〔( Puerto Rico Herald )〕 In 1846, Fernández's father, Manuel Fernández (birth name: Manuel Fernández y Martínez), inherited the plantation; Manuel Fernández developed the land which consisted of over . Manuel Fernández eventually purchased much of the property adjoining his land and soon became the richest man in Bayamon.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fernando Fernández (distiller)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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