<P> Independence, however, did initiate the abolition of slavery in Spanish America, as it was seen as part of the independence struggle, since many slaves had gained their manumission by joining the patriot armies . In areas where slavery was not a major source of labor (Mexico, Central America, Chile), emancipation occurred almost immediately after independence was achieved . In areas where slavery was a main labor source (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Argentina), emancipation was carried out in steps over the next three decades, usually first with the creation of free - womb laws and programs for compensated emancipation . By the early 1850s, slavery had been abolished in the independent nations of Spanish America . </P> <P> Women were not simply spectators throughout the Independence Wars of Latin America . Many women took sides on political issues and joined independence movements in order to participate on many different levels . Women could not help but act as caring relatives either as mother, sister, wives or daughters of the men who were fighting . Women created political organizations and organized meetings and groups to donate food and supplies to the soldiers . </P> <P> Some women supported the wars as spies, informants and combatants . Manuela Sáenz was a long term lover of Simón Bolívar and acted as his spy and confidante and was secretary of his archive . She saved his life on two occasions, nursed wounded soldiers and has even been believed some historians to have fought in a few battles . Sáenz followed Bolívar and his army through the independence wars and became to be known in Latin America as the "mother of feminism and women's emancipation and equal rights ." Bolívar himself was a supporter of women's rights and suffrage in Latin America . It was Bolívar who allowed for Sáenz to become the great pioneer of women's freedom . He wanted to set the women of Latin America free from the oppression and inferiority of what the Spanish regime had established . Bolívar even made Sáenz a Colonel of the Colombian Army due to her heroics which caused controversy because there were no women in the army at the time . Another woman who gained prominence in the fight for independence was Juana Azurduy de Padilla, a mixed - race woman who fought for independence in the Río de la Plata region . Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner posthumously promoted her to the rank of general . </P> <P> According to gender stereotypes, women were not meant to be soldiers; only men were supposed to engage in fighting and conflict . There were still plenty of women present on the battlefields to help rescue and nurse soldiers . Some women fought alongside their husbands and sons on the battlefield . The majority of women assumed supportive and non-competitive roles such as fundraising and caring for the sick . Revolution for women meant something different than for men . Women saw revolution as a way to earn equal rights, such as voting, and to overcome the suppression of subordination of women to men . Women were usually identified as victims during the independence wars since the women of Latin America were forced to sacrifice for the cause . The ideals of womanhood meant that women must sacrifice what the situation required such as a mother sacrificing her son or a virgin knowing she might be sacrificing motherhood or marriage due to the loss of many young men . This view meant that women were meant to contribute to independence in a supportive role while leaving the combat and politics in the hands of the men . </P>

Name the 5 social classes that were set up in the spanish colonies