Esclavos/as, cimarrones, monarquía, poder local y negociación en Nueva España
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Hasta ahora la historiografía había supuesto que nunca se sabrían los motivos
del enfrentamiento entre los cimarrones que fundaron el pueblo libre de
Santa María de Amapa, en México, en 1769. Nuevas fuentes de archivo nos
han revelado lo sucedido, así como el protagonismo que tuvieron los
esclavos procedentes de la gran rebelión y fuga de 1735 en Córdoba. Estos
acontecimientos amplían nuestra visión sobre la capacidad negociadora de los
esclavos cimarrones con las autoridades coloniales. La traición a sus compañeros del palenque, a quienes entregaron a las autoridades de Córdoba, les
permitió obtener el perdón del virrey (1762) y formar dicho pueblo.
Historiography has thus far assumed that we would never understand the reasons for the confrontations of the maroon slaves that founded the free town of Santa Mar´ıa de Amapa, Mexico, in 1769. Previously unexamined archival sources reveal what happened and demonstrate the agency of the slaves dating back to their great rebellion and escape in Cordoba in 1735. These events provide us with new insights into the negotiating abilities of the maroon slaves with the colonial authorities. By betraying some of their own companions in their palenque to the authorities in Cordoba, they obtained the viceroy’s pardon in 1762 and established their town.
Historiography has thus far assumed that we would never understand the reasons for the confrontations of the maroon slaves that founded the free town of Santa Mar´ıa de Amapa, Mexico, in 1769. Previously unexamined archival sources reveal what happened and demonstrate the agency of the slaves dating back to their great rebellion and escape in Cordoba in 1735. These events provide us with new insights into the negotiating abilities of the maroon slaves with the colonial authorities. By betraying some of their own companions in their palenque to the authorities in Cordoba, they obtained the viceroy’s pardon in 1762 and established their town.
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Magdalena Díaz Hernández, Octavio García. Esclavos/as, cimarrones, monarquía, poder local y negociación en Nueva España, Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos, Vol.33, n.2, Summer, 2017, pp.296-319. ISSN: 0742-9797. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/msem.2017.33.2.296









