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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:
| 1808 | - | Argentina | - | Unknown | - | She married José Bernardino Gauna in May 1808. |
| 1817 | - | Argentina | - | Unknown | - | Her husband began to buy her freedom. |
| 1820 | - | Argentina | - | Unknown | - | She was widowed and sought to obtain her freedom from slavery through the courts. |
Connections:
Slave women who used independence to gain freedomBiography:
She was born in Mozambique and enslaved and taken to Latin America (Argentina?). She married José Bernardino Gauna in May 1808. He enlisted in the independence army in 1814 and in January 1817 he began to put aside 2 pesos each month to buy her freedom. He died in 1820 and she used the courts to obtain her freedom. (Blanchard, 9)
References:
Blanchard, Peter (2004) Freedom and Family: Slave Women and the Wars of Independence in South America