# No Cuban — To Cuba and Back character guide

> No Cuban in To Cuba and Back by Richard Henry Dana Jr..

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** himself

**First appearance:** 0004-iii

## Who they are

A specific Cuban individual or archetype referenced in the text.

## In the story

### [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/x)

Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdez, also known as Placido, a mulatto poet and patriot executed in 1844 for leading a slave conspiracy.

### [Material Resources—Education](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/material-resources-education)

Mentioned as an example of a constitutional monarchy achieving order and progress, contrasted with Cuba.

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