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Vicente Guerrero

1782–1831 · 19th century

Vicente Guerrero was a leader of the Mexican War of Independence who kept up guerrilla resistance in the south after 1815. In 1821 he joined the royalist officer Agustín de Iturbide in the Plan of Iguala, which brought independence. As president of Mexico in 1829 he abolished slavery, but he was overthrown that year and executed by the conservative government in 1831.

Vicente Guerrero
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Vicente Guerrero. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/vicente-guerrero
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