José Antonio Ricaurte

Gender:Male

Ethnic origen: White

Events:

1789-1794  -  Bogotá  -  Unknown  -  He attended the Nariño tertulias, Bogotá around 1789-1794.
1794  -  Cartagena  -  Unknown  -  He was imprisoned here around 1794 for defending Nariño.

Connections:

Nariño group
Paine, The Rights of Man
Ricaurte family
Tertulia, Nariño

Biography:
He attended the Nariño tertulias, Bogotá from around 1789 to 1794. He defended Nariño when the latter was tried for translating the Rights of Man, and for this he was imprisoned in a castle in Cartagena, where he died. (Forero, 20, Monsalve, 14)

He was probably part of the González Manrique, Alvarez, Ricaurte, París, Pardo, Nariño clan. (Monsalve, 139)

References:

Forero, Manuel José (1970) Grandes heroinas de Colombia, Doña Magdalena Ortega de Nariño, La Precursora
Monsalve, José D (1926) Mujeres de la independencia