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Women and Independence in Latin America An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence |
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Women and Independence in Latin America An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence |
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Gender:Female
Ethnic origen: Black
Events:
| 1813 | - | Uruguay | - | Unknown | - | She stated that she aimed to obtain her freedom from slavery. |
Connections:
Slave women who used independence to gain freedomBiography:
She was a slave woman from the Banda Oriental who, in 1813, stated that she claimed her "beloved freedom". (Blanchard, 2)
References:
Blanchard, Peter (2004) Freedom and Family: Slave Women and the Wars of Independence in South America