Cayetana Borja

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Gender: F
Ethnic origin: Unknown

Biographical details

From Mexico, she accompanied her husband in the defence of the fuerte de San Gregorio. He was captured and sentenced to death and she spoke to Viceroy Apodaca to obtain his pardon. (Domenella, 368)

The daughter of Lucía García de Borja.

On 24 October 1818 Dr Tiburcio García petitioned Viceroy Juan Ruiz de Apodaca for her freedom, together with her mother Lucía Garía and her aunt, Mariana. (Miquel i Vergés, 221)

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1818

Dr Tiburcio Camiña petitioned the Viceroy for her freedom.

References

Domenella, Ana Rosa, and Pasternac, Nora, (1997), Las voces olvidadas: Antologia critica de narradoras mexicanas en el siglo XIX

Miquel i Vergés, José María, (1969), Diccionario de Insurgentes

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