José Antonio GalánColombian rebel

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  • role in Comunero Rebellion ( in Comunero Rebellion )

    ...reasserted control, took prisoners, and executed some rebel leaders. Roman Catholic clergy even threatened divine retribution on peasants harbouring rebellious sympathies. The mestizo peasant leader José Antonio Galán, who attempted to organize a second march on the capital, was hanged on January 30, 1782.

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