Mano Negra affair
ALLEGED ANARCHIST ORGANIZATION IN SPAIN
La Mano Negra (anarchism); Mano Negra (anarchism); Mano Negra (Spain); La Mano Negra (Spain); Black Hand (anarchism); Black Hand (Spain); Black Hand affair
The Black Hand () was a presumed secret, anarchist organization based in the Andalusian region of Spain and best known as the perpetrators of murders, arson, and crop fires in the early 1880s.La Mano Negra: Historia de una represión by José Luis Pantoja Antúnez y Manuel Ramírez López The events associated with the Black Hand took place in 1882 and 1883 amidst class struggle in the Andalusian countryside, the spread of anarcho-communism distinct from collectivist anarchism, and differences between legalists and illegalists in the Federación de Trabajadores de la Región Española.