Manuela Marticorena

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Gender: F
Ethnic origin: Mestizo/a

Biographical details

Probably from the Cuzco area, she was the wife of Felipe Velasco, who was hung in July 1783 for his part in the Túpac Amaru rebellion. She was severely beaten and sentenced to 10 years in prison. (Monsalve, 9)

Campbell describes her as the concubine of Felipe Velasco. She was sentenced to permanent exile 20 leagues from Lima and to 10 years imprisonment in a convent. (Campbell, 195)

Life Events

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1783

Her husband was executed and she was imprisoned for 10 years.

References

Monsalve, José D, (1926), Mujeres de la independencia

Campbell, Leon, (1985), Women and the Great Rebellion in Peru, 1780-1783

Publications

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Links

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