Béltran, Manuela (fl. 18th c.)

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Béltran, Manuela (fl. 18th c.)

Colombian hero. Born in El Socorro, Colombia; beheaded in 1781.

Opposing the Spanish government of Charles III, organized a peasant revolt over excess taxes in the cities of the northeast (1780), which resulted in a revolution throughout New Granada; the 1st person to publicly challenge Spanish exploitation, is a well-known hero in Colombia.