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    Segundo Ruiz Belvis

    Puerto Rican activist

    In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ruiz and the second or maternal family name is Belvis.

    Segundo Ruiz Belvis (13 May 1829 – 3 November 1867)[1] was a Puerto Rican abolitionist who also fought for Puerto Rico's right to independence.

    Early years

    Ruiz Belvis was born in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico (then a barrio of the municipality of Mayagüez) to José Antonio Ruiz and Manuela Belvis.[2] He received his primary education in Aguadilla.

    Ruiz Belvis went to Venezuela and graduated with a degree in philosophy from the University of Caracas. He later earned a law degree from the Central University of Madrid in Spain. During his stay in Spain, he befriended people with both liberal and reformist ideals who proposed the abolition of slavery.[3]

    Abolitionist

    In 1859, Ruiz Belvis returned to Puerto Rico and befriended Ramón Emeterio Betances, joining "The Secret Aboliti