Abstract

PALMAR-PAZ, Pablo-Nigal. The Goajira Peninsula and the Laws of "Illustrated Piety" of the State of Venezuela during the First Half of the 19^th Century. Hist. Soc. [online]. 2022, n.43, pp.234-249.  Epub Aug 22, 2022. ISSN 0121-8417.  https://doi.org/10.15446/hys.n43.97283.

This article studied the effects of the "Illustrated piety" laws implemented by the State of Venezuela in the Goajira peninsula during the 1830s and 1840s in order to reestablish the missionary regime. For its elaboration, the socio-political historical research method was used. Based on the data found and the methodology applied, it was concluded that the purpose of these laws was the reestablishment and secular organization of the missionary regime to protect and incorporate the indigenous Goajiros into society and the national economy; to restore the property of the indigenous groups over the territory of the reservations dispossessed during the Republic of Colombia (Gran Colombia); to establish rules of trade between indigenous people and Creoles; to promote the Creole colonization of the banks of the Limón River and the foothills of the Montes de Oca in order to strengthen the Venezuelan presence in the Goajira peninsula. However, with the exception of the Venezuelan advance in the eastern fringe of said peninsula with the establishment of the "Outside Guards", the Venezuelan Government did not achieve the expected results and inadvertently or intentionally followed a line of continuity with the old colonial missionary regime as some of its basic operating mechanisms persisted, such as tutelage, forced civilization, reduction, and military pacification expeditions or "entries".

Keywords : Goajira; Guajira; State of Venezuela; political history; law history; history of Venezuela; transnational history; religious mission; indigenous villages; land tenure; indigenous reserve; settlement; war; international trade; Outside Guards; Enlightened piety; Wayuu; Creole; 19^th century.

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