Abstract

ALMARIO GARCIA, Oscar. The Government of Popayán and the Differentiation in the Mining Borders of the Pacific. The Relations of Command of the Colonial Rulers in Nueva Granada, 1729-1818. Historelo.rev.hist.reg.local [online]. 2018, vol.10, n.20, pp.54-99. ISSN 2145-132X.  https://doi.org/10.15446/historelo.v10n20.65991.

This Article uses the command relations of the colonial rulers in Nueva Granada from 1729 to 1818 in order to analyze the dynamics of socio-spatial differentiation in the Pacific (Choco and South) and its regional configuration as a mining border of the government of Popayan. Initially, different records existing in said source were traced and afterwards several substantive issues were identified that had to do with the challenges of the Spanish Empire in its attempt to redefine colonial order which can be summarized as follows: The contradiction between the bourbon ideals of modernization and the complete dependency of the gold mining on slave work; tensions between colonial tax authorities and the provincial slaveholding elites, and the disagreements with regards to controlling that border with regards to the security logistics sought by the imperial center or according with the interests of the Popayan elites who wanted to foment the slaveholding society. In the midst of these contradictory circumstances, slaves were at the epicenter of that border slavery system while its dissolution was being announced. However, slaves are one of the most tenuous records in the documents that were researched in this study as they are precisely the subject that boosted the entire slaveholding system. Aware of this opacity, and with contrastive purposes, relevant aspects of the social life of blacks, both free and enslaved, are pointed out, in regards with their daily life and their socio-demographic structure.

Keywords : Choco; South Pacific; slaveholding society; government of Popayan; Nueva Granada (Author).

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