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Paula Contreras

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Gender: F
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Biographical details

From Neiva, Colombia, in 1817 she and Tomasa Rodríguez were captured and taken to Popayán in chains and where they were condemned to death by a Consejo de Guerra and executed for their part in an attempt to help some soldiers desert. (Monsalve, 184)

Life Events

Died 1817She was executed by the royalists in Popayán.

References

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


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Links

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