Baltazara Chuiza

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: Unknown

Events:

1778  -  Ecuador  -  Unknown  -  She led the Guano rebellion against the Spaniards.

Connections:

Indigenous rights
Women executed pre-independence wars
Women soldiers

Biography:
From Ecuador, in 1778 she led the Guano rebellion against the Spanish. She was captured, drawn and quartered (Pallis, 23).

References:

Pallis, Michael (trans.) (1980) Slaves of Slaves: The Challenge of Latin American Women