Premise:
"On 10 October 1868 Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, a criollo plantation owner who had already had a brief role in uprisings in Spain, issued a call for independence and liberated slaves from his estate, La Demajagua." Based on this premise, is the hypothesis "Carlos Manuel de Cespedes is a plantation owner." true?
Available options: a. yes; b. it is not possible to tell; c. no;
a.