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Emiliano Zapata was the leader of a peasant rebellion in Mexico shortly after the turn of the twentieth century. Marxists want to claim Zapata as their own but the historical evidence is that in no way can he be construed as being a Marxist. He was a farmer and an entrepreneur who was driven to rebellion in defense of propery rights and in defense against central government oppression. As head of a guerilla movement and in the course of war his ideology may have changed or become ambiguous but his initial stance was unambiguous.

Family History

Emiliano Zapata was born in Morelos, a state to the south of Mexico City. Its major commercial industry was raising sugar cane on haciendas ( plantations ). Zapata's father was a metizo farmer who raised and sold horses. He died when Emiliano was 17 years old and Emiliano assumed responsibility for supporting his mother and siblings. The Zapata family was not at odds with the hacienda owners. The owner of one large sugar-cane hacienda was the god-father of Emiliano at his baptism. The Zapata family could be described as wealthier than

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Zapata, Emiliano, 1879-1919

Emiliano Zapata
Born 8 August 1879 - Morelos, Mexico, died 9 April 1919 - Mexico

Emiliano Zapata (August 8 1879 – April 9 1919) was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910 against the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz. He is considered to be one of the national heroes of Mexico; the Zapatistas, a revolutionary movement based in the state of Chiapas, take their name from him.

Zapata was born in the small central Mexican state of Morelos in the village of Anenecuilco. At the time Mexico was ruled by a dictatorship under Díaz, who had seized power in 1876. The social system of the time was a sort of proto-capitalist feudal system, with large landed estates (haciendas) controlling more and more of the land and squeezing it away from independent communities of Indians (pueblos), who were then subsequently forced into debt slavery (peonage) on the haciendas. Díaz ran local elections to pacify the peones and run a government that they could argue was self-imposed. Under Díaz close confidants and associates were given offices in districts thro

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Biography of Emiliano Zapata, Mexican Revolutionary

Emiliano Zapata (August 8, 1879–April 10, 1919) was a village leader, farmer, and horseman who became an important leader in the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920). He was instrumental in bringing down the corrupt dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz in 1911 and joined forces with other revolutionary generals to defeat Victoriano Huerta in 1914. Zapata commanded an imposing army but rarely sallied forth, preferring to stay on his home turf of Morelos. Zapata was idealistic, and his insistence on land reform became one of the pillars of the Revolution. He was assassinated in 1919.

Fast Facts: Emiliano Zapata

Known For: One of the leaders of the Mexican Revolution
Born: August 8, 1879 in Anenecuilco, Mexico
Parents: Gabriel Zapata, Cleofas Jertrudiz Salazar
Died: April 10, 1919 in Chinameca, San Miguel Mexico
Education: Basic education from his teacher Emilio Vara
Spouse: Josefa Espejo
Children: Paulina Ana María Zapata Portillo (with his wife),Carlota Zapata Sánchez, Diego Zapata Piñeiro, Elena Zapata Alfaro, Feli