Entry #3 for #BlackHistoryMonth
Feb. 3, 2023

Today we explore some #AfroLatina history and travel to Venezuela in the early 19th century.

Meet Juana Ramirez (1790-1856)

Born the daughter of an enslaved person and her enslaver, in 1810, she joined forces with her father to oppose Colonial Spanish rule and was made the leader of a fierce group of women fighters.

Read the rest: https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/people-global-african-history/juana-ramirez-1790-1856/