Benito Juárez

His life:

-Don Juárez was born of Native American parents on March 21, 1806, in the town San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca,
-His parents were Marcelino Juárez and Brigida García.
-They died when Benito barely reached the age of three.
-When his parents died, Pedro Juarez-their grandfather took care of him and his sister-Rosa.
-A few years later his grandparents died, which left his uncle Bemardino Juárez his guardian. His uncle lived in the village of Ixtlan.

-When he wasn't working his uncle was teaching him to read in write in Spanish.
-He gave his uncle the whip and told his uncle to beat him whenever he got answers wrong.
-In his little town the young people, both female and male would work in the private homes.
-He wanted to go to the capital, Oaxaca, to learn. He would beg his uncle to take him, but his uncle would always find a reason to say no.
-His desire to go built up inside of him for so long that on December 17,1818, he packed his things and left for the city of Oaxaca.