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Ascencia Flores de Quispe

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Gender: F
Ethnic origin: Indigenous

Biographical details

She was born in 1756 in Sandia, Carabaya, possibly in or near La Paz, Bolivia. She married Diego Quispe Sr. and worked as a spinner. In 1781 she and her husband were charged with having joined Julián Apasa Túpac Catari in rebellion. She died in prison. (Campbell, 195)

Life Events

Other 1781She was imprisoned for having joined Julián Apasa Túpac Catari in rebellion.

References

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


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