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María Anselma Vellodas

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Gender: F
Ethnic origin: Black

Biographical details

A Peruvian slave woman who petitioned the Peruvian courts for her freedom and that of her two children. She cited a vague decree to prove her case. (Blanchard, 11)

Life Events

Other 1823She used the legal system to claim her freedom from slavery around this time.

References

Blanchard, Peter, (2004), Freedom and Family: Slave Women and the Wars of Independence in South America


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