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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:
| 1745? | - | Granada | - | Not applicable | - | She was born around the 1740s. |
| 1815 | - | Cartagena | - | Patriot | - | She was imprisoned here by Morillo |
| 1815 | - | Mompós | - | Patriot | - | She fled the royalists in Mompós. |
| 1817 | - | Barcelona | - | Patriot | - | On 7 April 1817 she was killed by royalists at the San Francisco Convent. |
Connections:
Mompós refugeesBiography:
She was born in the 1740s in Granada, Colombia.
In 1815 when Mompós was occupied by royalists, she fled the town with her daughter and family. They joined her son-in-law Gutiérrez de Piñeros who was with his battalion. They were taken prisoner by Morillo in Cartagena, sent to Las Antillas where they nearly starved to death and from there to Barcelona. (Monsalve, 107-8)
On 7 April 1817 she was among around 300 patriot prisoners killed by the royalists at San Francisco Convent, Barcelona. She was in her 80s. She, her daughter and her two grand-daughters were beheaded, another grand-daughter survived a bayonet attack. (Monsalve, 78, 108)
She, her daughter and 4 grandchildren were killed by the royalists, none of the family survived. (P. Forero, 68-69)
References:
Forero, Paulo E. (1972) Las heroinas olvidadas de la independencia
Monsalve, José D (1926) Mujeres de la independencia