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Petrona de Vallecilla

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Gender: F
Ethnic origin: Unknown

Biographical details

From Cali, Colombia, she was sent to Popayán in December 1816 where she, and several other women were held in the Convento del Carmen. The royalist nuns treated them like "mujeres despreciables y de mala vida" for their support of the independence cause. (Monsalve, 259)

Life Events

Other 1816In December 1816 she was exiled to Popayán.

References

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


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Links

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