Tomasa Tito Condemayta

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Tomasa Tito Condemayta (* around 1750 in Acomayo , Peru ; † May 18, 1781 in Cusco , Peru) was a leading force in the indigenous uprising against the Spanish colonial rulers under Tupac Amaru II in Peru in the 18th century.

Life

Tomasa Tito Condemayta came from an Inca noble family and was a Kazikin of Acos ( Aqus , today Acomayo Province , Cusco Region in Peru).

When José Gabriel Condorcanqui and Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua called for a rebellion against Spanish rule in Peru in 1780, Tomasa left her husband and children to join the rebels in Tinta . Together with Micaela, Tomasa played an important role in mobilizing indigenous women for the uprising. In the Battle of Sangarara , an army of women under Tomasa's command defeated a Spanish army. The successful defense of the Pillpintuchaka bridge on the Apurimac against the approaching Spaniards is also considered an important victory . Thousands of women fought armored Spanish soldiers with slingshots and arrows. In 1781 fortunes turned in favor of the far better armed Spaniards, and Tomasa, like several other important rebel leaders, was captured by the Spaniards, while María Esquivel and Marcela Castro Puyucahua fell in battle and few were able to escape to safety.

On May 18, 1781, Tomasa was executed after severe torture together with Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua, José Gabriel Condorcanqui and their son Hipólito Condorcanqui Bastidas in the main square of Cusco . Her impaled head was placed in Acos as a deterrent.

literature

  • Juvenal Pacheco Farfán: Tomasa T'ito Condemayta, heroína de Acos: hito histórico y paradigma de liberación de la mujer. JL Editores, Cusco 2008.
  • Jerome R. Adams: Notable Latin American Women. Twenty-Nine Leaders, Rebels, Poets, Battlers and Spies . Mc Farland & Co, Jefferson (North Carolina) 1995. The Revolt of the Incas , p. 71.
  • Juan José Vega: Micaela Bastidas y las heroinas tupamaristas . Ediciones Universidad Nacional de Educación, Lima 1971. 23 pages.

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personal data
SURNAME Condemayta, Tomasa Tito
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Peruvian queen and insurgent
DATE OF BIRTH around 1750
PLACE OF BIRTH Acomayo , Peru
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1781
Place of death Cusco , Peru