Quintín Lame
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Manuel Quintín Lame Chantre (El Borbollón, Cauca 1880 - Ortega, Tolima 1967) .Son of Paeces Mariano Lame and Dolores Chantre. During the war of 1885 his sister Licenia, was raped. In the Thousand Days War, his brother Feliciano was Killed. In 1901, he joined the army of the Colombian Conservative Party. In 1911 he started the Movimiento de Los Indigenas. In 1914 he tried to make the Republic of Indigenas, formed by Cauca, Tolima, Huila and Valle. He was arrested for this. His movement grew and became the "Guerra Racial". In 1921, after spending three years in jail, he joined the Tolima's movement. In 1924 he wrote the book: El pensamiento del indio que se educó en las selvas colombianas (1971).
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