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Salvador Cisneros Betancourt, Marquis of Santa Lucia (1828 - 1914 ), Cuban politician who became president of the Republic of Cuba in Arms from 1873 to 1875. He was a supporter of the independence of Cuba, and part of the Liberation Society created in Camagüey to arrange preparations for revolution. At the outbreak of the Ten Years War he granted freedom to his slaves and put their goods in the service of Cuban independence. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal, Propaganda de los Cigarros Susini y La Corona , Tabacalera Cubana.