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Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs Ferrer was a Colombian writer, politician and soldier. His only novel, Maria, became one of the most notable works of the Romantic movement in Spanish literature.
His father was George Henry Isaacs, an English Jew originally from Jamaica. He first settled in Choco, Colombia, where he made a fortune from gold mining and trade with Jamaica. He then moved to Cali where he converted to Christianity, obtained Colombian citizenship and married Manuela Ferrer Scarpetta, daughter of a Spanish Navy officer. He also owned two haciendas near Cali, called "La Manuelita" (named after his wife) and "El Paraiso". The ...
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