00:00But when the Spanish crown ordered the assassination of her husband to crush a regional rebellion, they didn't end the
00:07revolution.
00:07They handed total command to a strategic genius who mounted her horse, picked up a bolo knife, and brought an
00:15empire to its knees.
00:17Today, we're stepping into the fierce historical legacy of Gabriela Silan, the generala who led an anti-colonial guerrilla war
00:27across the northern Philippines.
00:30Born Maria Josefa Gabriela Cariño in 1731, Santa Yocosur, she was raised in a Spanish colonial society rigidly structured by
00:40class, race, and religious control.
00:42In 1757, she married Diego Silan, a brilliant Yocono leader.
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