The book is dedicated to the memory of the Gomburza, three priests who were accused of being seditious and executed. It does not have the meaning of freebooters it rather means a dangerous patriot who will soon be hanged or well, a presumptuous man."īy the end of the nineteenth century, the word filibustero had acquired the meaning "subversive" in the Philippines, hence the book is about subversion. The Filipinos belonging to the educated class fear the reach of the word. The Manila newspapers and the Spaniards apply this word to one whom they want to make a revolutionary suspect. Our father forbade us to utter it, as well as the words Cavite, Burgos (one of the executed priests), etc. I still remember the panic that this word created. I heard it for the first time in 1872 when the tragic executions (of the Gomburza) took place. "The word filibustero is little known in the Philippines. Rizal had to define the word filibustero to his German friend Ferdinand Blumentritt, who did not understand his use of the word in Noli Me Tangere. It was published in September of that year in Ghent, partially funded by Rizal's friend Valentin Ventura. He finally completed the book on Main Biarritz. He later moved to Brussels where the cost of living was cheaper and he would be less likely to be distracted by social events so he could focus on finsihing the book. Rizal continued to work on his manuscript in Paris. In London (1888), he revised the plot and some chapters.
Rizal began writing El Filibusterismo in October 1887 while he was in Calamba.
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