Simón Bolívar | |
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| Born | 24 July 1783 Caracas, Venezuela, Spanish Empire |
| Died | 17 December 1830 Santa Marta, Gran Colombia |
| Cause of death | Tuberculosis |
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Political orientation | Anti-colonialism |
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830) was a Latin American general who liberated Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela from Spanish colonialism. He visited Haiti in 1815, which convinced him to abolish slavery in the newly liberated nations of South America. Bolívar and José de San Martín founded the unitary republic of Gran Colombia which broke up after his death due to Statesian and British intervention.[1]
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- ↑ Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (2014). An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States: 'Sea to Shining Sea' (pp. 135–136). ReVisioning American History. [PDF] Boston: Beacon Press Books.