Marianos moreno biography of abraham lincoln

Mariano Moreno (b. 23 September 1778; d. 4 March 1811), one of the leading figures of Argentina's independence movement. He studied theology and law in Chuquisaca (now Sucre), Upper Peru, and wrote his dissertation on Indian service, in which he favored their freedom.

He was sickly, but what he lacked in physical strength he made up for in a powerful intellect. He became the Jacobin of the May 1810 revolution in Argentina.

Marianos moreno biography of abraham lincoln

In 1809 he wrote the Representación de los hacendados y labradores, in which he criticized colonial policy and defended free trade. The book represented creole aspirations, and in a way it was written as a criticism of the new viceroy, Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, who had replaced Santiago de Liniers and had repealed many of the latter's liberal policies.

Moreno was appointed secretary to the First Junta, headed by Cornelio de Saavedra.

He favored a tough policy toward Spaniards and toward anyone engaged in counterrevolutionar