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The Apotheosis showing General Narciso Lopez captured in Cuba
 
"The Apotheosis," a lithograph from 1851 depicting the aftermath of General Narciso Lopez's second failed attempt to invade Cuba and establish a pro-slavery republic friendly to the U.S. Lopez was sponsored by a cadre of pro-Southern expansionists. The detail shows a black Cuban man garrotting the general after his capture. Library of Congress.