De la esclavitud a la libertad: cartas de libertad y compra-venta de esclavos en Cuenca durante 1760-1822

Abstract

This degree work corresponds to the study entitled slavery to freedom: letters of freedom and buying and selling of slaves in Cuenca during 1760-1822. Understanding that the narrative of freedom is perceived differently by slave and owner. For the former, the hope of the attainment of freedom was the only reason why the slave endured subjugation; for the latter, freedom had a double component, return on investment and ideological, the gesture of liberation was an expression of the master's magnanimity, indicative of his superiority. In this context, Cuenca became a space for obtaining the freedom of black slaves during the years 1760-1822. Thus, the look and the discourse of the letter of sale and freedom of black slaves, question the process of the longed-for liberation of the slaves. Therefore, the work aims to explain the process of liberation of black slaves through the letters of liberation in Cuenca during the years 1760-1822, for this purpose it is based on the mixed approach, type of documentary research, historical and logical method, and descriptive scope. Thus, the analysis allowed the identification of the relevant aspects of the processes of freedom and the specification of the particularities of the process of buying and selling and liberation of the blacks.