Women and Independence in Latin America An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence |
Gender:Female
Ethnic origen: Unknown
Events:
1816 | - | Buenos Aires | - | Unknown | - | She petitioned the courts for pay owing to her husband. |
Connections:
Women, used legal systemBiography:
From Buenos Aires, in 1816 she petitioned the courts for pay due to her husband, Ventura Molina, a freed slave who had been sold to the Veterans Battalion. He had been wounded at Montevideo and was suffering from ill health and died shortly afterwards. (Blanchard, 9-10)
References:
Blanchard, Peter (2004) Freedom and Family: Slave Women and the Wars of Independence in South America