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Execution of Narciso Lopez for failed attempts to liberate Cuba...
Execution of Narciso Lopez for failed attempts to liberate Cuba...
Item # 692507
September 24, 1851
THE TIMES, London, Sept. 24, 1851
* Narciso López expedition
* Cuba liberation attempt
* Spanish rule
Page 5 has over half a column taken with a report headed: "The Execution of Lopez" which is introduced with: "The following was the official order for the execution:..." with much detail.
Narciso Lopez was a Venezuelan-born adventurer and Spanish Army general who is best known for his expeditions aimed at liberating Cuba from Spanish rule in the 1850-1. His troops carried a flag that López had designed, which later became the flag of Cuba. Following his final failed attempt he was captured and garroted in Havana as reported in this issue.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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