Juana Moreno

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Gender: F
Ethnic origin: Mestizo/a

Biographical details

In 1777 she took up arms against the Spanish in Huánuco, killing the Teniente Corregidor. (Guardia, 41)

She went to the house of a priest, Joseph Parrilla, armed with a knife and told him that she had murdered the corregidor, Domingo de la Cajida. A mob had gone to the corregidor's house, Moreno had cut his saddle to prevent him escaping. The mob then killed the corregidor and his cousin, José de la Cajida. She was imprisoned in Callao in 1778 for her part in the Huamilíes revolt. (O'Phelan, 157-159)

Life Events

Other	1777	She took part in a rebellion against the corregidor.
Other	1778	She was imprisoned in Callao for her part in the Huamalíes revolt.

References

Guardia, Sara Beatriz, (1985), Mujeres peruanas: El otro lado de la historia

O'Phelan Godoy, Scarlett, (1985), Rebellions and Revolts in Eighteenth Century Peru and Upper Peru

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