María Josefa Vergara

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: Unknown

Events:

1816  -  Popayán  -  Unknown  -  In December 1816 she was exiled to Popayán and detained in the Convento del Carmen.
1816  -  Cali  -  Unknown  -  She was from here.

Connections:

Women exiled independence cause
Women held at Convento del Carmen, Popayán
Women imprisoned in convents

Biography:
She and several other women were sent from Cali to Popayán in December 1816 and were held in the Convento del Carmen. The royalist nuns treated them like "mujeres despreciables y de mala vida" for their support of the independence cause. (Monsalve, 259)

Related to Jerónima Caicedo de Vergara?

References:

Monsalve, José D (1926) Mujeres de la independencia