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María de los Angeles Avila
Other names/titles: Gender: F
Ethnic origin: Unknown
Biographical details
She was one of the heroines of Tenza, Colombia, who was shot for defending the Independence cause. (Knaster, 486.)
She was shot in front of her own shop on 3 December 1817; her executioners then sacked the shop. She had helped and encouraged the patriots as they marched to Casanare. (Díaz y Díaz, 179, 183)
On 3 December 1817 she and Salomé Buitrago were shot in Casanare for their part in the independence cause. They were not tried before a court. (P. Forero, 158)
Life Events
Died |
1817 | She was shot on 3 December 1817 by the royalists. |
References
Knaster, Meri, (1977), Women in Spanish America: An Annotated Bibliography from Pre-Conquest to Contemporary Times
Hincapie Borda, Alicia, (2000), Tras la imagen y la presencia de Policarpa
Díaz y Díaz, Oswaldo, (1962), Los Almeydas: Episodios de la resistencia patriota contra el ejército pacificador de tierra firme
Forero, Paulo E., (1972), Las heroinas olvidadas de la independencia
Publications
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Links
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