Abstract

ROMERO JARAMILLO, Dolcey. Manumission, rituality, and liberal festivities in the province of Cartagena de Indias in the 19th Century . hist.crit. [online]. 2005, n.29, pp.125-147. ISSN 0121-1617.

This article describes the rituals that accompanied acts of manumission in the province of Cartagena during the nineteenth century and the way in which liberals took advantage of these events to create propaganda for their own utopian liberalism. They thus tried to present themselves both as modernists and lovers of liberty. The acts of manumission, which were almost anonymous until 1821, contrast with the majesty and splendor that characterized such acts after the triumph of liberalism in 1849. Notwithstanding the fact that many elements of liberal symbolism were propagated through said acts, they were extremely precarious with respect to the question of granting freedom to the descendents of African slaves.

Keywords : Manumission; ritual; liberalism; slavery; symbolism; Cartagena; XIX century.

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