# Túpac Amaru II

> An Indigenous cacique who executed a Spanish administrator and declared war on colonial Peru in 1780, launching a rebellion that swept through the Andes and abolished slavery for Black people months before his capture and execution.

*Leader of a large Andean uprising against the Spanish in Peru (1738-1781)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/tupac-amaru-ii

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1738-03-10
- **Died:** 1781-05-18
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born José Gabriel Condorcanqui Noguera around 1742, he was a direct descendant of the last Inca of Vilcabamba and inherited chieftainships in three communities after his father's death. Educated in Cusco, he built wealth as a muleteer transporting goods through Upper Peru while serving as a recognized curaca who petitioned colonial authorities to ease tribute burdens and the brutal mining mita on his people. When his requests were ignored in Tinta, Cuzco, and Lima, he executed corregidor Antonio de Arriaga for repeated abuses on November 4, 1780, and proclaimed himself Sapa Inca of a new Inca Empire. The rebellion spread across the Viceroyalty of Peru and into Upper Peru and the Río de la Plata, targeting not independence but the economic violence of Bourbon colonial reforms — the forced labor, the textile workshops, the compulsory purchases that enriched Spaniards at indigenous expense. On November 16, 1780, he issued the first decree abolishing slavery for Black people in Spanish America. He was executed May 18, 1781, after the rebellion's collapse, but successive governments have reinterpreted him ever since — nationalist regimes, leftist movements, and conte

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 59.0 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 25.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 5.3 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Activists, #Politician, #Politics, #Activism, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315937)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BApac_Amaru_II)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/T%C3%BApac%20Amaru%20II)
- [Túpac Amaru](https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BApac_Amaru)
- [Tupaq Amaru II](https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupaq_Amaru_II)
- [II Tupak Amaru](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/II_Tupak_Amaru)
- [Тупак Амару II](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BA_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83_II)
- [Тупак Амару II](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BA_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83_II)
- [Túpac Amaru II](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BApac_Amaru_II)
- [Túpac Amaru II](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BApac_Amaru_II)
- [Túpac Amaru II.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BApac_Amaru_II.)
- [Túpac Amaru II](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BApac_Amaru_II)
- [José Gabriel Condorcanqui](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Gabriel_Condorcanqui)
- [Τούπακ Αμαρού ΙΙ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BA_%CE%91%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%8D_%CE%99%CE%99)
- [Tupak-Amaru la 2-a](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupak-Amaru_la_2-a)
- [Túpac Amaru II](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BApac_Amaru_II)
- [Tupac Amaru II.a](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupac_Amaru_II.a)
- [توپاک آماروی دوم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7%DA%A9_%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85)
- [Túpac Amaru II](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BApac_Amaru_II)
- [Túpac Amaru II](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BApac_Amaru_II)
- [Túpac Amaru II](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BApac_Amaru_II)
- [Túpac Amaru II](https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BApac_Amaru_II)
- [טופאק אמארו השני](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%A7_%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%95_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%99)
- [Túpac Amaru II.](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BApac_Amaru_II.)
- [Túpac Amaru II](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BApac_Amaru_II)
- [Wikiquote](https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/T%C3%BApac_Amaru_II)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tupac_Amaru_II)
- [Wikiquote](https://sr.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BA_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83_II)
- [توباك أمارو الثاني](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A)
- [Túpac Amaru II](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BApac_Amaru_II)

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