Ramon Emeterio Betances

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Biography

Born on 8 April 1827 to a wealthy landowner, Betances received his medical degree from the University of Paris in 1855. Upon his return to Mayagüez, he founded a hospital and worked to save Puerto Ricans from the ravages of a cholera epidemic. That year he and others founded a clandestine society dedicated to
the liberation of the slaves. The Spanish colonial government exiled him for these activities several times. In 1867, he fled to the present-day Dominican Republic where he founded the Revolutionary Committee of Puerto Rico. The following year he organized an armed expedition that led to the abortive insurrection of September 23, known as the Grito de Lares.

He returned to France where he served as delegate to the Cuban Revolutionary Junta, Secretary of the Dominican Legation, and founded the Society of Latin
American Union. Although he spent his remaining years away from his homeland, he viewed the abolition of slavery there on March 22, 1873 with great
satisfaction. For his contributions to literature, the French government awarded him its Legion of Honor. Betances died on 16 September 1898. His remains
returned to Puerto Rico in 1920 where they were buried in his birthplace.

Major Works

La botijuela (1863)
Las cortesanas en París (1853)
Washington Haitiano (essay about Alexander Petion, 1871)
Un premio de Luis XIV (1853)
Toussaint L'ouverture, los dos indios (1852)
Los viajes de Scaldado (1890)
La Vièrge de Borinquén (1859)

[IDeJesus]

Parece increible que nadie tuviera algo que decir acerca de la vida de este gran hombre Puertorriqueno.

[ConcienciaII]

De Jesus,

acabo de leer su biografia, y a la verdad que es increible su historia. Me gustaria saber mas de su vida, tendras some URL's de El?