This Element explores entanglements between Scottish and Cuban writing during the long nineteenth century. Specifically, it presents case studies on the reception of Walter Scott and Lord Byron in Cuba, and offers a corresponding analysis of Cuban national hero José Martí's engagement with Scottish Romantic literature. The works of these writers were being reprinted at a time when debates raged over abolition, rebellion against the Spanish Empire, and possible annexation to the United States. Amidst these tensions, various conceptions of Cuban nationhood were also beginning to emerge. The Element explores why Martí and other Cuban writers were drawn to Scottish writing and national imaginaries at this crucial moment. Given previous studies on Scottish-Caribbean relations have tended to neglect Hispanophone contexts, the Element breaks new ground in documenting connections between Scottish and Cuban national literary traditions which have hitherto been considered in isolation from one another.