Zapata, Emiliano
(b. Anenecuilco, Mexico, 8 Aug. 1879; d. Chinameca, 10 Apr. 1919)Mexican; revolutionary Born into a large, relatively prosperous, peasant family in a village in the south-eastern state of Morelos, Zapata had little formal schooling. He was, however, able to read and write. He worked as a horse wrangler and sharecropper but became involved in a series of land disputes defending peasants against local landowners. He was elected president of his village council in ... ...
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