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Author: ArgentumUranium

Aug 15th 2012 at 5:47:21 AM

Jose Rizal's two novels ''Noli Me Tangere'' (Touch Me Not) and ''El Filibusterismo'' (The Sedition) would qualify, being set in the Philippines' Spanish colonial era (1565-1898, longer than almost all Spain's other colonies). Much detail is given to the inordinate racism of the Spaniards toward the Filipinos, who in those days were forced into labor from age 18 to age 65, were seen as inferior to the Spaniards, and were derisively refered to as "indios chonggos" (monkey natives).

{{La Resistance}} shows up and is a vital plot-driver in both:  in Noli, the protagonist is framed as a member and gets sent to jail, [[spoiler: but he breaks out near the end]], and in El Fili, thirteen years after the events of Noli, [[spoiler: said protagonist comes back under false identity as a jewel merchant, close friend of the Governor-General, and leader of the resistance who is planning a Guy Fawkes-style revolution involving a time bomb disguised as a lamp, several sacks of gunpowder, and a wedding reception where important government and {{Corrupt Church}} officials are in attendance]].