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Antonio Nariño

1765–1823 · 19th century

Antonio Nariño was a New Granadan revolutionary who translated and printed the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1794 and was imprisoned for it. He became president of the Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca in 1811 and led its centralist cause against the federalist United Provinces. He was captured by royalists in 1814 and later served in independent Colombia.

Antonio Nariño
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Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca

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