Leonarda Carreño

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: Unknown

Events:

1818  -  Socorro  -  Patriot  -  She was executed at La Niebla, near to Socorro on 26 December 1818.
1818  -  Guadalupe  -  Patriot  -  She was executed here by the royalists on 26 December 1818.

Connections:

Women executed independence cause (Colombia)
Women supported independence (unspecified contribution)

Biography:
From Colombia, she was shot in Guadalupe in 1818 for her part in the independence struggles. (Hincapie Borda, 155)

She and Fidela Ramos were shot by the royalists at La Niebla, close to Socorro. (Monsalve, 196)

She was executed in December 1818 in Guadalupe, Colombia. (P. Forero, 46)

References:

Forero, Paulo E. (1972) Las heroinas olvidadas de la independencia
Hincapie Borda, Alicia (2000) Tras la imagen y la presencia de Policarpa
Monsalve, José D (1926) Mujeres de la independencia