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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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 Luis Carrera |
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Gender:Male
Ethnic origen: White
Events:
| 1791 | - | Santiago de Chile | - | Not applicable | - | he was born at San Miguel hacienda in Santiago de Chile |
| 1814 | - | Buenos Aires | - | Unknown | - | He killed Brigadier Juan Mackenna in a duel in Buenos Aires on November 21. |
| 1814 | - | Rancagua | - | Unknown | - | He took part in the battle of 1814. |
| 1814-1817 | - | United States of America | - | Unknown | - | He went here (after 1814) as a refugee from Chile. Left in 1817. |
| 1817 | - | Buenos Aires | - | Unknown | - | He was imprisoned here in 1817. |
| 1817 | - | Buenos Aires | - | Unknown | - | He returned to Buenos Aires from exile in the United States |
| 1819 | - | Mendoza | - | Unknown | - | He was executed in Mendoza on 8 April 1819 or 1818 |
| 1828 | - | Santiago de Chile | - | Unknown | - | He was awarded a Premio Postumo by Manuel Magellanes on 24 March 1828. |
Connections:
Carrera FamilyBiography:
He was born in 1791, the youngest brother of Javiera Carrera, Juan José Carrera and José Miguel Carrera. He became a colonel in the Chilean independence army.
In 1814, after the battle of Rancagua, he fled Chile, crossing the Andes with men, women and children, many of whom travelled on foot: "the hardships and sufferings they had to undergo are not to be described". (Sutcliffe, 110.) He is listed among the exiles in Cuyo. (Guerro Lira, 297-299)
He went to the United States, returning in 1817 with some arms. But he found that his brothers were out of favour in Chile and the three were not allowed to join the Chilean independence army . Under suspicion, José Miguel was imprisoned in a brig at Buenos Aires. Luis and Juan José fled for Chile, but were captured and imprisoned in Mendoza in 1817 by Monteagudo, and were executed on 8 April 1819. (Sutcliffe, 317-319.)
Clissold describes him as "hot-tempered, high-spirited and impulsive, devoted to his sister and to José Miguel". He fought and killed Juan Mackenna in a duel in Buenos Aires (in 1814?) after going there to protest about his brothers´ detention in San Luis. After hearing that they would be executed, after expressing his "incredulity, horror and outrage", Luis accepted his sentence with "an almost mystic resignation". (Clissold, 93, 136, 168)
On 24 March 1828, Manuel Magellanes awarded a Premio Posturno to the three Carrera brothers. (National Museum, Santiago)
References:
Clissold, Stephen (1968) Bernardo O'Higgins and the Independence of Chile
Davies, Catherine, Brewster, Claire and Owen, Hilary (2006) South American Independence. Gender, Politics, Text
Grez, Vicente (1966) Las mujeres de la independencia
Guerrero Lira, Cristian (2002) La contrarevolución de la independencia en Chile
Sutcliffe, Thomas (1841) Sixteen Years in Chile and Peru, From 1822 to 1839