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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:
| 1823 | - | Lima | - | Unknown | - | She used the new laws of independence to try to obtain her freedom. |
Connections:
Women, used legal systemBiography:
A slave woman from Lima who in 1823 who tried to use the new independent legal system to gain her freedom. She drew on "the superior decrees issued in favour of freedom promulgated by edict in this capital", criticising "those laws contrary to freedom and independence" in Lima. Her owner claimed that slaves did not understand the law. (Blanchard, 11)
References:
Blanchard, Peter (2004) Freedom and Family: Slave Women and the Wars of Independence in South America