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Title: La campaña de Antioquia
Creator: Un arrepentido
Publication Info: Bogotá : s.n., July 06, 1862.
Physical Details: 24 4/10 x 16 cm [folded, 4 pages]

Summary: An anonymous author writes a diatribe against Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, detailing his long history of absuing power and manipulating people. Author calls Mosquera a tyrant and states that Antioquia will resist Mosquera's rebellion.
Historical Notes: This document comes from the middle of the Colombian Civil War (1860-1862) in which Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera led a rebellion against Mariano Ospina's Conservative-led government. Shortly after publication, Mosquera took over the presidency from July 18-1861-February 4, 1863. This war solidified the the deep and lasting divide between Liberals and Conservatives. Bushnell, David. <i>The Making of Modern Colombia : A Nation in Spite of Itself. </i>Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.

Subject(s): Colombia -- History -- Civil War, 1860-1862
Colombia -- Politics and government -- 1858-1886
Mosquera, T. C. de (Tomás Cipriano), 1798-1878
Related Items in the Collection: La rebelión

Type: Broadside
Language: Spanish
Format: JPG
PDF - Color
Donor: Helguera, J. León
Collection: Helguera, J. León Collection
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Accession Number: B00900
Record Number: 447