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    Emilio Jacinto was a young Filipino revolutionary who helped lead the fight for independence from Spain in the late 19th century. As a spokesperson and financier for Andres Bonifacio's secret revolutionary organization, the Katipunan, Jacinto penned the group's official handbook outlining principles for a new government. Though just 21, he became a general in the guerrilla army. However, neither Jacinto nor Bonifacio would live to see an independent Philippines, as Jacinto died of malaria at age 23 while Bonifacio was executed on treason charges in 1897. Jacinto's enlightened ideas and eloquent words helped shape the Philippine Revolution despite his early death.

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    Emilio Jacinto was a young Filipino revolutionary who helped lead the fight for independence from Spain in the late 19th century. As a spokesperson and financier for Andres Bonifacio's secret revolutionary organization, the Katipunan, Jacinto penned the group's official handbook outlining principles for a new government. Though just 21, he became a general in the guerrilla army. However, neither Jacinto nor Bonifacio would live to see an independent Philippines, as Jacinto died of malaria at age 23 while Bonifacio was executed on treason charges in 1897. Jacinto's enlightened ideas and eloquent words helped shape the Philippine Revolution despite his early death.

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    Emilio Jacinto was a young Filipino revolutionary who helped lead the fight for independence from Spain in the late 19th century. As a spokesperson and financier for Andres Bonifacio's secret revolutionary organization, the Katipunan, Jacinto penned the group's official handbook outlining principles for a new government. Though just 21, he became a general in the guerrilla army. However, neither Jacinto nor Bonifacio would live to see an independent Philippines, as Jacinto died of malaria at age 23 while Bonifacio was executed on treason charges in 1897. Jacinto's enlightened ideas and eloquent words helped shape the Philippine Revolution despite his early death.

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    Updated March 08, 2017

    "Whether their skin be dark or white, all human persons are equal; one may be
    superior in knowledge, in wealth, in beauty, but not in being more human." - Emilio
    Jacinto, Kartilya ng Katipunan.

    Emilio Jacinto was an eloquent and brave young man, known as both the soul and the
    brain of the Katipunan, Andres Bonifacio's revolutionary organization. In his
    short life, Jacinto helped to lead the fight for Filipino independence from Spain.
    He laid out principles for the new government envisioned by Bonifacio; in the end,
    however, neither man would survive to see the Spanish overthrown.
    Early Life:

    Not much is known about Emilio Jacinto's early life. We do know that he was born
    in Manila on December 15, 1875, the son of a prominent merchant. Emilio received a
    good education, and was fluent in both Tagalog and Spanish. He went to the San
    Juan de Letran College briefly. Deciding to study law, he transferred to the
    University of Santo Tomas, where a future president of the Philippines, Manuel
    Quezon, was among his classmates.

    Jacinto was just 19 years old when news arrived that the Spanish had arrested his
    hero, Jose Rizal. Galvanized, the young man left school and joined with Andres
    Bonifacio and others to form the Katipunan, or "Highest and Most Respected Society
    of the Children of the Country." When the Spanish executed Rizal on trumped-up
    charges in December of 1896, the Katipunan rallied its followers to war.
    Revolution:

    Emilio Jacinto served as the spokesperson for the Katipunan, as well as handling
    its finances. Andres Bonifacio was not well-educated, so he deferred to his
    younger comrade on such matters. Jacinto wrote for the official Katipunan
    newspaper, the Kalayaan. He also penned the official handbook of the movement,
    called the Kartilya ng Katipunan. Despite his young age of just 21, Jacinto became
    a general in the group's guerrilla army, taking an active role in the fight against
    the Spanish near Manila.

    Unfortunately, Jacinto's friend and sponsor, Andres Bonifacio, had gotten into a
    heated rivalry with a Katipunan leader from a wealthy family called Emilio
    Aguinaldo. Aguinaldo, who led the Magdalo faction of Katipunan, rigged an election
    to have himself named president of the revolutionary government. He then had
    Bonifacio arrested for treason. Aguinaldo ordered the May 10, 1897 execution of
    Bonifacio and his brother. The self-proclaimed president then approached Emilio
    Jacinto, trying to recruit him to his branch of the organization, but Jacinto
    refused.

    Emilio Jacinto lived and fought the Spanish in Magdalena, Laguna. He was seriously
    injured in a battle at the Maimpis River in February of 1898, but found refuge in
    the Santa Maria Magdalena Parish Church, which now boasts a marker noting the
    event.

    Although he survived this wound, the young revolutionary would not live for much
    longer. He died on April 16, 1898, of malaria. General Emilio Jacinto was just 23
    years old.

    His life was marked with tragedy and loss, but Emilio Jacinto's enlightened ideas
    helped to shape the Philippine Revolution. His eloquent words and humanist touch
    served as a counter-balance to the blunt ruthlessness of revolutionaries such as
    Emilio Aguinaldo, who would go on to become the first president of the new Republic
    of the Philippines.
    As Jacinto himself put it in the Kartilya, "The worth of a person is not in being a
    king, not in the shape of his nose or the whiteness of his face, nor in being a
    priest, representative of God, nor in the loftiness of the position he holds on
    this earth. That person is pure and truly noble, even though he was born in the
    forest and knows no language but his own, who is possessed of good character, is
    true to his word, has dignity and honor, who does not oppress others nor help their
    oppressors, who knows how to feel for and care for his native land."

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