Dreams of freedom: Manuel Dimas del Corral.

Dreams of Liberty. Part 1. From 1795 to 1819.

Manuel Dimas Del Corral.

A publication of the Carlos and Diana del Corral Foundation.

Medellín, Colombia. August 2020.

Carlos Pérez Martínez.

Historical research.

Sebastián Mejía Ramírez.

Publishing coordination.

Lina Flórez.

Script.

Pablo Pérez.

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Published in Medellín, Colombia

Dreams of freedom - Part 1 from 1795 to 1819 Manuel Dimas Del Corral

THE VICEROYALTY OF THE NEW GRANADA WAS A TERRITORY RULED BY THE SPANISH FOR MORE THAN 300 YEARS, OFTEN UNFAIRLY. BUT THE ARRIVAL OF NEW IDEAS THAT PROMULGATED EQUALITY. FRATERNITY AND LEGALITY. IN ADDITION TO UNIVERSAL RIGHTS. DEMONSTRATED TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE NEW GRENADE THAT THEY COULD ORGANIZE TO END THE SPANISH OPPRESSION. GOVERN THEMSELVES AND DREAM OF FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE.

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JUAN BAUTISTA DEL CORRAL, A CREOLE, SON OF THE TREASURER OF THE ECONOMIC SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF THE COUNTRY, WAS ONE OF THE FORERUNNERS OF INDEPENDENCE FROM THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT. HE WAS SON OF RAMÓN DEL CORRAL AND MOMPOSINA MARÍA JERÓNIMA ALONSO.

WE MUST LIBERATE THE REPUBLIC, AND END SO MANY ABUSES AGAINST US.

IN THE EARLY 1800S, JUAN BAUTISTA DEL CORRAL WAS SENT BY HIS FATHER TO SANTA FE DE ANTIOQUIA TO ESTABLISH HIMSELF AS A MERCHANT. THERE HE MARRIED MARIA JOSEFA HERACLIA PÉREZ DE RUBLAS. FROM A WEALTHY FAMILY. AND SUPPORTER OF THE CAUSE OF INDEPENDENCE.

DEAR BROTHERS: JOSÉ MARÍA, JUAN MANUEL AND MANUEL ANTONIO. I HAVE MARRIED DON JUAN BAUTISTA DEL CORRAL, AN INTELLIGENT AND RESPECTABLE MAN. WE ARE UNITED BY LOVE AND DESIRE FOR THE FREEDOM OF OUR HOMELAND AND NOW WE ARE WAITING FOR OUR FIRST CHILD.

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MANUEL DIMAS DEL CORRAL PÉREZ DE RUBLAS IS THE YOUNG COUPLE'S FIRST CHILD. AND THE FIRST WITH THE LAST NAME BORN IN ANTIOQUIA. PARENT OF ALL THOSE WHO BEAR THEIR SURNAMES IN THIS REGION.

ON JULY 20, 1810, THE INDEPENDENCE OF CUNDINAMARCA WAS DECLARED. DECLARATION EXPRESSING THE DESIRE FOR FREEDOM OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE NEW GRANADA.

NOW WE MUST TAKE SIDES IN THE FIGHT FOR OUR INDEPENDENCE!

IN 1811, THE INDEPENDENT BOARD AND CONGRESS OF THE PROVINCES IN BOGOTÁ WERE CONVENED. JUAN BAUTISTA DEL CORRAL AND JOSÉ MANUEL RESTREPO TRAVEL DESIGNATED AS REPRESENTATIVES OF ANTIOQUIA. BUT DUE TO THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CENTRALISTS AND FEDERALISTS. THE CONGRESS NEVER TAKES PLACE. STRANDED IN THE CAPITAL, JUAN BAUTISTA DEL CORRA TAKES ADVANTAGE OF HIS STAY TO STUDY POLITICAL ECONOMY. MILITARY ORGANIZATION AND LANGUAGES.

THE FREEDOM OF OUR PROVINCES HAS BEGUN, AND MY SON WILL GROW UP IN A FREE COUNTRY.

SANTA FE DE ANTIOQUIA SQUARE.

ABOUT 1813 JUAN BAUTISTA DEL CORRAL RETURNED TO SANTA FE DE ANTIOQUIA. THERE HE IS DESIGNATED AS PRESIDENT OF THE FREE AND SOVEREIGN STATE OF ANTIOQUIA. THEIR MAIN TASK IS TO STRENGTHEN INSTITUTIONS AND DEFEND THE LIMITS OF BEING INVADED

BY SPANISH TROOPS. TO FULFILL YOUR TASK. UNDERTAKES A SERIES OF ACTIONS AND WORKS

FOUNDED THE SCHOOL OF MILITARY ENGINEERS. AND COMMISSIONED FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE CALDAS TO DIRECT IT. JOSÉ FÉLIX DE RESTREPO WAS TEACHERS THERE. MANUEL ROERGAS DE SERVIEZ. PEDRO DE ARRUBLA AND FRANCISCO JARAMILLO.

HE OPENED WAYS TO COMMUNICATE ANTIOQUIA WITH BOGOTÁ.

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ON THE CAUCA. A WALLED FORT TO PROTECT THE TERRITORY FROM INVADERS.

SUPPORTED JOSÉ FÉLIX DE RESTREPO FOR THE FORMULATION OF THE FIRST LAWS FOR THE LIBERATION OF SLAVES.

LAWS MUST MAKE US EQUAL. IF WE WANT TO BE FREE FROM SPANISH OPPRESSION, WE MUST END SLAVERY

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1814.

MANUEL DIMAS DEL CORRAL IS SENT BY HIS FATHER TO THE SCHOOL OF MILITARY ENGINEERS. DIRECTED BY THE WISE FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE CALDAS. CADETS, LET'S NOT LET THE SPANISH EXTINGUISH OUR DREAMS OF FREEDOM. WE MUST LEARN TO BE CREATIVE AND BOLD. MEN ARE BIGGER WITH INTELLIGENCE THAN WITH STRENGTH

YOU MUST FOLLOW YOUR FATHER'S EXAMPLE: ALWAYS SEEK RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ACT WITH INTELLIGENCE.

* JUAN BAUTISTA DEL CORRAL DIED IN APRIL 1814

I WILL HONOR MY FATHER'S EFFORT. I WILL ENTER THE LIBERATING ARMY. I MUST PROTECT MY COUNTRY, YOU AND MY BROTHERS.

IN 1816 DIMAS HE ENTERED THE PATRIOT ARMY. IT IS LISTED UNDER THE COMMAND OF COLONEL ANDRÉS LINARES QUINTERO.

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ATTENTION SOLDIERS, OUR LAND IS IN DANGER. WE MUST STOP THE SPANISH GENERAL FRANCISCO WARLETA WHO IS COMING UP NECHÍ TOWARDS ZARAGOZA.

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THE SPANISH TROOPS, UNDER THE COMMAND OF FRANCISCO WARLETA, INTEND TO INVADE THE TERRITORY OF THE PROVINCE OF ANTIOQUIA. MANUEL DIMAS PARTICIPATES IN THE CONTAINMENT OF THIS NEW INVASION, AS A MEMBER OF THE MILITARY CORPS OF THE PATRIOT ARMY SETTLED THERE.

1815.

WHILE MANUEL DIMAS FIGHTS IN ZARAGOZA. HE IS APPROACHING A NEW OUTPOST OF THE SPANISH ARMY AT THE HANDS OF PABLO MORILLO. WHO ARRIVES

BY SEA FROM EUROPE WITH A LARGE NAVAL CAVALRY AND ARTILLERY ARMADA.

PABLO MORILLO HAS SWORN BEFORE THE SPANISH KING TO KILL ANYONE WHO INTENDS TO DEFEND THE LANDS HE WILL INVADE.

THE SUBORDINATES OF PABLO MORILLO. LED BY THE COMMANDER GENERAL VICENTE SÁNCHEZ LIMA. THEY BEGIN THE RECONQUEST OF ANTIOQUIA. THEY CONFISCATE PROPERTIES AND ATTACK SPANISH FAMILIES WHO SUPPORTED THE INDEPENDENCE CAUSE. AMONG THEM THE PATERNAL AND MATERNAL FAMILIES OF MANUEL DIMAS.

WE WILL NEVER STOP FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM!

MARCH 1816.

AS A MEMBER OF THE SUPERB BATTALION OF ANTIOQUIA. UNDER THE COMMAND OF COLONEL ANDRÉS LINARES QUINTERO. MANUEL DIMAS IS DEFEATED IN THE BATTLE OF THE HIGH BROW OF THE CANCAN.

MY DESIRE TO LIBERATE MY COUNTRY IS GREATER THAN THIS DEFEAT. I'LL BE BACK WITH MORE INTELLIGENCE AND STRENGTH.

MANUEL DIMAS RETURNS TO SANTA FE DE ANTIOQUIA AND MEETS HIS MOTHER. THE SPANISH HAVE CONFISCATED HIS PROPERTY AND HE HAS HAD TO SURVIVE WITH THE HELP OF FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.

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MOTHER, NOTHING WILL WEAKEN MY STRENGTH. IF WE STAY TOGETHER WE WILL NEVER SUFFER AGAIN, I'M HERE TO PROTECT YOU!

AT THE CALAMITY. HIS MATERNAL UNCLES DONATE MANUEL AND HIS FAMILY THE FARM LA CONTADORA, LOCATED IN SOPETRÁN.

MANUEL DIMAS AND HIS BROTHERS ARE IN CHARGE OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE HACIENDA AND THUS HELP SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY.

1816. MANUEL AND HIS FAMILY RECEIVE NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL. .-....�:,,-::;;�-

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MANUEL, MORILLO ORDERED THE SHOOTING OF YOUR UNCLES JOSÉ MARÍA ARRUBLA AND PANTALEÓN GERMÁN DE RIBÓN: YOUR BELOVED MASTER FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE CALDAS AND YOUR FIRST MILITARY CHIEF ANDRES LINARES ,,_..,,...., QUINTERO.

WHEN IS THIS VIOLENCE AGAINST US GOING TO STOP!

FOR AUGUST 1819, WHILE MANUEL CONTINUES TAKING CARE OF HIS FAMILY. PATRIOTIC TROOPS. UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL SIMÓN BOLÍVAR. THEY FIGHT AGAINST THE SPANISH ARMY COMMANDED BY JOSÉ MARÍA BARREIRO.

TODAY THE VICTORY OF THE PATRIOTS WILL RISE, IT IS NOT LONG! AUGUST 7 OF 1819. BOLÍVAR AND HIS MEN DEFEAT THE SPANISH FORCES IN THE BATTLE OF BOYACÁ. THE DEFINITIVE EXPULSION OF THE SPANISH IS IMMINENT. INDEPENDENCE IS GETTING CLOSER.

// AUGUST 20, 1819 CÓRDOVA SEPARATED FROM THE BULK OF THE LIBERATING ARMY AND LEFT FOR THE STATE OF ANTIOQUIA WITH THE INTENTION OF ELIMINATING THE REDOUBTS OF THE ENEMY ARMY. LED BY CARLOS TORLÁ.

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WE CAN DO IT CÓRDOVA, THE SPANISH ARE NOT INVINCIBLE. TAKE THESE MEN FROM MY ARMY AND FREE THE LAND THAT SAW YOU BORN.

GENERAL BOLIVAR AND THE PATRIOT ARMY HAVE BEEN VICTORIOUS IN BOYACÁ. MANUEL, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY, THE ARMY NEEDS OUR HELP, JOIN THEM TO DEFEND OUR FREEDOM.

SANTA FE DE ANTIOQUIA, 181 q.

JOSEPH MARÍA CÓRDOVA MEETS IN SEPTEMBER. COLONEL CARLOS ROBLEDO AND GENERAL JUAN MARÍA GÓMEZ TO PLAN THE LIBERATION OF THE PROVINCE.

ON OCTOBER 16, THE SECOND HUNTER BATTALION OF THE NEW GRENADE IS CREATED. MADE UP OF FOUR COMPANIES. MANUEL DIMAS JOINS CÓRDOVA'S ARMY AS LIEUTENANT IN CHARGE OF THE THIRD BATTALION.

LED BY CÓRDOVA, STRONG AND FULL OF HOPE, THE ANTIOQUIA TROOPS ARE READY TO EXPEL THE SPANISH LOYAL TO THE KING. MANUEL DIMAS IS NOT ALONE, NOW HIS FRIENDS SALVADOR CÓRDOVA, JUAN MARÍA GÓMEZ AND CARLOS ROBLEDO ACCOMPANY HIM TO FULFILL HIS DREAMS OF FREEDOM.

MANUEL DIMAS, MORE SKILLFUL AND STRONGER, MARCH FOR THE FREEDOM OF ANTIOQUIA AND COLOMBIA. WHAT ADVENTURES AWAIT HIM AND HIS FRIENDS?