Civil freedom and patriotism in the revolutionary Río de la Plata: the experience of black slaves in the province of Cuyo, 1812-1820

In this paper, it is recovered some voices and practices of slaves and freedmen of the Government of Cuyo (Argentina) concerning conceptions and individual and collective initiatives for civil liberty during the cycle of wars of revolution and independence. They were originated from a set of case fi...

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Published inHistoria y sociedad (Medellín, Colombia) no. 30; pp. 131 - 167
Main Authors Beatriz Elsa Bragoni, Orlando Gabriel Morales
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Spanish
Published Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Medellín 01.01.2016
Subjects
afrodescendants
microhistory
political revolution
slavery
social conflict
social history
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Summary:In this paper, it is recovered some voices and practices of slaves and freedmen of the Government of Cuyo (Argentina) concerning conceptions and individual and collective initiatives for civil liberty during the cycle of wars of revolution and independence. They were originated from a set of case files which can let appreciate the intersection of opportunity and operated changes in the regulatory and institutional system, and the political agency of subaltern sectors, subject to the new patriotic and revolutionary legitimacy.
ISSN:0121-8417
2357-4720
DOI:10.15446/hys.n30.52537