The Light of Liberty: Documents and Studies on the Katipunan, 1892-1897

by Jim Richardson

Most of the 73 Katipunan documents in this volume were seized by the Guardia Civil in Manila in 1896-1897 and locked away for decades in the Spanish military archives. Transcribed and published here for the first time are two versions of the Katipunan's founding statutes of 1892; more than twenty records of the Supreme Council; initiation rituals; draft contributions to KALAYAAN, the KKK newspaper; and letters of Andres Bonifacio and Emilio Jacinto...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9715506755
• ISBN13: 9789715506755
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Ateneo de Manila Univ Press
• Length: 514 Pages