Maria Flores
Maria Flores () was an enslaved Ibizan woman who campaigned for her liberation from slavery during the Trienio Liberal. Biography Maria was born in 1775, the daughter of the Muslim slave Roc Sentí Martí, and was baptised with only a mononymic first name. Her parents had been captured in Oran and sold into slavery in Ibiza. In 1785, she was made the slave of the physician Joan Gota-redona Tur, who gave her the surname "Meca". In 1792, Gota-redona died and Maria was made the property of Bernat Guasc Prats. By 1801, she had changed her name to Maria Flores. While enslaved by Guasc, she had three children to an unknown father. Her two sons, Manuel () and Roc (), died at a young age. Her daughter, Rita (), was also enslaved by Guasc. By the end of the 18th century, Maria was one of thirteen enslaved people (of which five were women) in Ibiza. At this time, slaves were seen as a status symbol by members of the Ibizan aristocracy. At the beginning of the Trienio Liberal in 1820 ...
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Brackets
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Bernat Guasc Prats
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Spanish Abolitionists
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