II decreed the abolition of slavery for Black people for the first time in Spanish America. He was executed after the end of the rebellion in 1781.

Although Túpac Amaru II was not a precursor to independence in the modern sense, his 1780 rebellion has been the subject of multiple political reinterpretations. Over time, various governments and ideological movements, mainly within the nationalist or left-wing political spectrum , especially during the regime of Juan Velasco Alvarado (1968-1975),