Ioana Rudăreasa

Ioana Rudăreasa
1916 portrait of Rudăreasa
Born
Wallachia
Known forHer fight to abolish Romani slavery through legal means
SpouseNicolae Cincea
ChildrenSix children

Ioana Tinculeasa Rudăreasa was a Wallachian Romani woman who fought for the abolition of Slavery in Romania from 1843 to 1856. Born into slavery, Rudăreasa spent over a decade fighting for liberation from slavery through the Wallachian court. Her case illustrates the resistance of the Romanian boyars in preventing abolition and how Roma in the Romanian territories used all legal means available to obtain their freedom.

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