María Trinidad Sánchez

María Trinidad Sánchez

María Trinidad Sánchez, Mother Founder (16 June 1794, Santo Domingo- 27 February 1846, Santo Domingo) was a Dominican freedom fighter and a heroine of the Dominican War of Independence. She participated on the rebel side as a courier. Together with Concepción Bona, Isabel Sosa and María de Jesús Pina, she took part in designing the Dominican flag.^[1][2][3][4] She was executed after having refused to betray her collaborators in exchange for her life. The María Trinidad Sánchez Province is named after her. Her remains rest in the National Pantheon of the Dominican Republic in Santo Domingo.

See also[]

• Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, nephew
• Socorro Sánchez del Rosario, niece

References[]

• Biografía y valoración en Red Poder Comunitario.

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