Gabriel Dorotea Barba led a unit of “loyal Blacks” of this city that fought in the American Revolution. Locals divided this city’s boom-and-bust development into two recurring cycles translated as “dead time” and “time of the fleet.” During the so-called “Year of the Lash,” a government based (-5[1])in this city tortured participants (-5[1])in the “Ladder (-5[1])Conspiracy.” 12 guns in a battery protecting this city were collectively nicknamed “the Apostles.” (10[1])Dozens of slaves, including an ancestor of José Antonio Aponte (“uh-PON-tay”), were freed after defending this city from a siege (10[1])led by George Pocock and (-5[1])George Keppel. British forces trapped a Spanish fleet in this city’s harbor during the American theater of the Seven Years’ War, after which this city was returned to Spain for Florida. This “Key (10[1])to the New World” was the largest city (10[1])planned to be bought in the Ostend Manifesto. (10[2])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[3])name (10[2])this (10[1])city where the (10[1])USS Maine (10[1])sank. (10[3])■END■ (10[6])