Palenques and Marronage: resistance processes against the colonial slaves system in the Sabanero Caribbean (XVI, XVII and XVIII centuries) ; Palenques y Cimarronaje: procesos de resistencia al sistema colonial esclavista en el Caribe Sabanero (Siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII) ; Palanques e Cimarronagem: processos de resistência escrava ao sistema colonial no Caribe Sabanero (Séculos XVI, XVII e XVIII)

This article discusses the marronage logics (Cimarronaje) and the constitution of Palenque villages, as an expression of black slaves’ resistance against the colonial neogranadian system. The analysis is temporarily focused on the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, and spatially in the current Caribbean region of Colombia, specifically the areas known as Bolivar Sabanero and the Mompox Depression. Throughout the conjunction of these temporal and geographic variables, the author can track how black slaves ran away from their masters using marronage (cimarronaje) dynamics, as a pursuit for social an... Mehr ...