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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: Mulatta
Events:
| 1788 | - | Venezuela | - | Unknown | - | She appealed to the courts following her master's reluctance to free her. |
Connections:
Women, used legal systemBiography:
She was a parda slave who claimed to have given Josef Quintero 250 pesos for her liberty. In 1788 she went to the courts after he refused to give her papers stating that she was free. The Quintero family denied there had been a document, but the courts took up Páez's cause and the necessary paper was "found". (Díaz, 87)
References:
Díaz, Arlene J. (2004) Female Citizens, Patriarchs and the Law in Venezuela, 1796-1904