Freedom fighters of the ‘forgotten continent’

Freedom fighters of the ‘forgotten continent’

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A history of South America’s native heroes includes the Peruvian rebel Tupac Amaro II, the Mapuche of Chile, the escaped slaves of north-eastern Brazil and the ‘great liberator’ Simon Bolivar

The oldest known image of Tupac Amaru II. [Alamy]

On 18 May 1781, Tupac Amaru II’s rebellion came to an abrupt and grisly end. Seized by Spanish forces, the Peruvian muleteer-turned-popular-revolutionary knew the game was up. Still, he refused to go quietly. After Tupac’s captors’ horses failed to wrench off his limbs, the executioner reached for his axe. ‘You kill only me,’ legend has Tupac shouting as the blade descended.

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TaggedBlack Panthers, Colonialism, freedom fighters, guano, Incas, rebellion, Simon Bolivar, South American history, the Chincha, the Mapuche, Tupac Amaro II

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