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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Miranda , Francisco 1756 - (search)
Miranda, Francisco 1756-
Military officer; born in Caracas, Venezuela, June 9, 1756; became a captain in the Spanish army; and served in the United States in 1779 and 1781.
He was a born agitator and revolutionist, and tried to free Spanish-Ame was much irritation of feeling between the United States and Spain, and the government officers averted their eyes from Miranda's doings.
His preparations for the expedition were made at New York, while he resided at Washington, D. C., and was on s joined by other vessels.
The expedition reached Caracas in safety, and, with the help of the English in that quarter, Miranda took possession of two or three towns on the coast.
The people would not listen to his offers of liberty.
The Spaniard ts, with about sixty Americans, and the expedition ended in failure about three months after the Leander left New York.
Miranda escaped to Carthagena, when Bolivar delivered him to the Spaniards, who confined him in a dungeon in Cadiz till his deat
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