Plate 20: Francisco I Madero in prison drawing up his 'Plan of San Luis de Potosí', from the portfolio 'Estampas de la revolución Mexicana' (prints of the Mexican Revolution)
Isidoro Ocampo, Mexican Mexican
Publisher Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City Mexican
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See comment for 1993.1133.1–85.
Mexican writer and revolutionary Francisco Madero served as the president of Mexico from 1911 until his assas-sination in 1913. Arrested on the orders of President Díaz in 1910, Madero was imprisoned in San Antonio (Texas), but he escaped later that year. During his incarceration he wrote a document known as the “Plan of San Luis de Potosí” (it was published in the Mexican town of that name) that called for rebellion throughout Mexi-co. The plan ushered in the revolution that led to the collapse of the Díaz presidency.
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