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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: Unknown
Events:
| 1816 | - | La Guaira | - | Patriot | - | She was imprisoned here in 1816 for her support for the independence cause. |
| 1816 | - | Caracas | - | Patriot | - | She was sentenced to be whipped but was reprieved after an intervention by the Oidor Francisco Heredia and imprisoned in La Guaira |
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Women imprisoned, independence causeBiography:
From Caracas, in 1816 she and Josefa Antonia Tobar de Buroz, were on the point of being whipped by Salvador Moxó, they were reprieved after an intervention by the Oidor Francisco Heredia, but they were imprisoned in La Guaira for being patriots. (Monsalve, 72)
References:
Monsalve, José D (1926) Mujeres de la independencia