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BONIL GOMEZ, KATHERINE. Regarding "a New King in Santa Fe" and Other "Schisms". Negroes, Mulattos, and Zambos in the Revolt of the Comuneros (1781). Anu. colomb. hist. soc. cult. [online]. 2020, vol.47, n.1, pp.87-112.  Epub 15-Mar-2020. ISSN 0120-2456.  https://doi.org/10.15446/achsc.v47n1.83146.

Between March and November of1781, the Viceroyalty of New Granada experienced one of the largest insurrections in Spanish America. Close to 20,000 men and women formed a movement, later known as the Revolt of the Comuneros, demanding that the reforms imposed by Charles Ill's inspector general be revoked and threatening to march on the capital. Despite the numerous archival references to the intervention of negroes, mulattos, and zambos in this movement, their role has not been analyzed. The article identifies the references to uprisings involving enslaved and free subjects of African origin, which occurred mainly in the Upper Magdalena provinces, and analyzes their contexts, motivations, and goals. On the basis of this analysis, it is possible to conclude that "negridad" -that is, the experiences and discourses revolving around black people, which, during the Colonial period, were expressed mainly in the context of slavery and ideas regarding purity of blood and lineages- constituted a central factor in the expansion and consolidation of the Comunero movement.

Palabras clave : Bourbon reforms; mulatto; negridad; New Kingdom of Granada; Revolt of the Comuneros; slavery; Upper Magdalena; zambos.

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