Women and Independence in Latin America An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence |
Gender:Male
Ethnic origen: White
Events:
1788 | - | Bogotá | - | Not applicable | - | He was born around 1788. |
1810 | - | Bogotá | - | Unknown | - | He attended the Buen Gusto tertulias. |
1816 | - | Bogotá | - | Patriot | - | He was executed by the royalists in Bogotá. |
1816 | - | Cauca | - | Patriot | - | He was captured by the royalists here in 1816. |
Connections:
Tertulia, Buen GustoBiography:
Born around 1788, the son of Matías Rodríguez Torices, a Spaniard, and María Trinidad Quirós, from Bogotá and brother of Andrés Rodríguez. He was deported with Pantaleón Gutíerrez, Sinforoso Mutis and Camilo Manrique. He was captured by the royalists in Cauca in 1816 and made to walk to Bogotá. He was shot, then hung and beheaded; his head was then displayed at the Sabana railway station. (Monsalve, 167)
He attended Manuela Sanz de Santamaría's tertulias. He was hung for his pro-independence activities. (Monsalve, 24)
References:
Monsalve, José D (1926) Mujeres de la independencia