Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés [Plácido], (1809-1844), Cuban poet. Artist: Unknown

Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés [Plácido], (1809-1844), Cuban poet. Artist: Unknown

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Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés [Plácido] (1809-1844), Cuban poet of African descent. In the 1830s especially, Placido wrote openly of Cuban political aspirations. He was executed in Matanzas for conspiring to overthrew Spanish authority on the island.

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