Abstract

PABON-LARA, Andrés Felipe. The Motilon border: interethnic relationships and conflicts in the current Catatumbo region (Colombia) during the second half of the eighteenth century. Anu.hist.reg.front. [online]. 2023, vol.28, n.2, pp.165-194.  Epub July 21, 2023. ISSN 0122-2066.  https://doi.org/10.18273/revanu.v28n2-2023007.

During the second half of the eighteenth century the bourbon regime was looking to advance further on territories beyond their control. The Catatumbo area (Colombia), where the so-called motilons indians lived, was one of those borders that separated the territories controlled by colonization and those that were not. Based on this statement, the central question aims to recognize some elements that allow to see this region as a frontier space, where constant conflicts and negotiations shaped interethnic relations, in which its inhabitants were relevant political actors in the definition of power relations that did not allow the consolidation of a hegemonic position, despite the intention of the Spanish monarchy. It will be examined some sources of information related to trade development and contrasted to some others about religious missions. Also, it is my purpose to analyze information related to the variety of control devices that competed as part of the colonizing interest. It will be concluded that, beyond the establishment of religious missions and trade, the indigenous peoples did not cease to maintain a resistance to the colonial siege.

Keywords : Colonization; trade; interethnic relations; indigenous peoples..

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