José Leonardo Chirinos: Indomitable strength that runs through the veins of the patriotic people (+seeding)

On December 10, 1796, after being captured, José Leonardo Chirinos, who had led the black rebellion in the territories of what is now the Falcón state, was executed by the royalist forces.

Born on April 25, 1754 in the city of Caracas, the product of the union of a free indigenous woman and a black slave, this rebel who was born as a free man married a slave named María de los Dolores with whom he had 3 children: María Viviana, Rafael María and José Hilario.

In his capacity as a free man, he dedicated himself to commerce, for which he embarked on several occasions with a wealthy merchant from Coro, with whom he made several trips to various Caribbean islands, including Haiti, where he learned about the experience of the Revolution promoted by people of African descent on this island that was reaping triumphs, so when he returned to Venezuela he decided to join a group of conspirators who met in the trapiche of the Macanillas farm, in Curimagua, including José Caridad González, a black Congolese who was well informed of the ideas of the French Revolution.

All of this helped him to lead an armed movement on May 10, 1795, from the above-mentioned treasury, under the idea of the abolition of slaves and the abolition of numerous taxes, as well as the establishment of a regime inspired by the Haitian one.

After the failure of this insurrection, he was persecuted and imprisoned for the betrayal of a friend in August of the same year. The Royal Court of Caracas sentenced him to hang and once the sentence was executed his body was dismembered.

227 years after this rebel passed into immortality, the people continue to be inspired by their strength, courage and courage to defend and fight for their right to freedom and equality, only possible in Socialism.

Mazo News Team