Women and Independence in Latin America An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence |
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Antonia Ricaurte |
Exile 1814 |
Gender:Female
Ethnic origen: Unknown
Events:
1816 | - | Zipacón | - | Unknown | - | She, her mother, sisters and cousins were exiled to Zipacón by Morillo. |
Connections:
Nariño familyBiography:
From Bogotá, she was the daughter of Bernadino Ricaurte and Dolores Nariño, niece of Antonio Nariño and sister of Trinidad Ricaurte y Nariño and José María Ricaurte.
She attended the Sumalave pro-independence tertulias in Bogotá. (Díaz y Díaz, 29)
She was part of the González Manrique, Alvarez, Ricaurte, París, Pardo, Nariño clan. (Monsalve, 139)
She, her mother, sisters and cousins were exiled by Morillo in 1816, and made to walk to Zipacón . Shortly after the battle of Boyacá she married Alejandro Osorio. (Monsalve, 160, 232)
Related to Andrea Ricaurte?
References:
Díaz y Díaz, Oswaldo (1962) Los Almeydas: Episodios de la resistencia patriota contra el ejército pacificador de tierra firme
Monsalve, José D (1926) Mujeres de la independencia