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Anacaona was born in Yaguana (today the town of Leฬogane, Haiti) in 1474. โฃ
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Anacaona (from Taiฬno anacaona, meaning โgolden flowerโ; from ana, meaning โflowerโ, and caona, meaning โgold, goldenโ) was a Taiฬno cacica (chief), born into a family of chiefs, and sister of Bohechiฬo, chief of Xaragua. Her husband was Caonabo, chief of the nearby territory of Maguana. Her brother and her husband were two of the five highest caciques who ruled the island of Ayiti (now called Hispaniola) when the Spaniards settled there in 1492. She was celebrated as a composer of ballads and narrative poems, called areiฬtos.โฃ
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She became chief of Xaragua after her brotherโs death. Her husband Caonabo, suspected of having organized the attack on La Navidad (a Spanish settlement on north-western Hispaniola), was captured by Alonso de Ojeda and shipped to Spain, dying in a shipwreck during the journey โ as many other Taino leaders died on Spanish ships away from their native lands.โฃ
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During a feast organized by 84 regional chieftains to honor her, the Spanish Governor Nicolaฬs de Ovando ordered the meeting house to be set on fire to burn them alive. Cacica Anacaona and her Taiฬno noblemen were arrested โ all accused of conspiracy for resisting occupation and executed.โฃ
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Prior to her ex*****on, Anacaona was offered clemency if she would give herself as concubine to one of the Spaniards which was common in the era. ๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ (๐๐๐๐ข๐๐) ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ฒ, ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐. Anacaona remained rebellious and independent until her violent public death.โฃ
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