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Women and Independence in Latin America An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence |
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Women and Independence in Latin America An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence |
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Gender:Female
Ethnic origen: Unknown
Events:
| 1800? | - | Granada | - | Not applicable | - | She was born here. |
| 1815 | - | Cartagena | - | Unknown | - | She was imprisoned here by Morillo. |
| 1815 | - | Mompós | - | Patriot | - | She fled the royalists in Mompós. |
| 1817 | - | Barcelona | - | Patriot | - | On 7 April 1817 she was killed by the royalists at the San Francisco Convent. |
Connections:
Mompós refugeesBiography:
She was born in Granada, Colombia. In 1815 when Mompós was occupied by royalists, she fled the town with her family. They joined her father, Gutiérrez de Piñeros, who was with his battalion. They were taken prisoner by Morillo in Cartagena, sent to Las Antillas where they nearly starved to death and from there to Barcelona. (Monsalve, 107-8)
On 7 April 1817 she was among around 300 patriot prisoners killed by the royalists at San Francisco Convent, Barcelona. She, her mother her grandmother and sister were beheaded, another sister survived a bayonet attack. (Monsalve, 78)
Forero claims that none of the family survived this attack. (P. Forero, 68-69)
References:
Forero, Paulo E. (1972) Las heroinas olvidadas de la independencia
Monsalve, José D (1926) Mujeres de la independencia