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Emiliano Zapata

Mexican revolutionary
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Victor Alba
Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Kent State University, Ohio. Author of The Mexicans and others.
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Emiliano Zapata (born August 8, 1879, Anenecuilco, Mexico—died April 10, 1919, Morelos) was a Mexican revolutionary, champion of agrarianism, who fought in guerrilla actions during and after the Mexican Revolution (1910–20). Zapata was the son of mestizo peasants who trained and sold horses. He was orphaned at the age of 17 and had to look after his brothers and sisters. In 1897 he was arrested because he took part in a protest by the peasants...

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