Slavery, Resistance(s) and Abolition in Early Nineteenth-Century Chile
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13112341 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Mareite (0000-0002-5077-5731, Leiden University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 372-403 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-16 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Global Slavery (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2405-8351 • E-ISSN: 2405-836X |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/2405836x-00403002 |
| OpenAlex | W2966938023 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 8 |
Chile’s abolition of slavery (1823) has commonly been framed within a self-congratulatory narrative that emphasizes the philanthropic role of republican elites and the peaceful nature of slave emancipation. The traditional narrative not only views abolition as an ideologically inspired gift from the elites, but also underscores Chile’s exceptionalism vis-à-vis other South American emancipation processes—in Chile, unlike in the rest of the continent, the eradication of slavery was supposedly both politically and socially insignificant. This article challenges two of this narrative’s assumptions: first, that consensus characterized the abolition of slavery in Chile, and second, that abolition was simply a philanthropic concession from the new nation’s republican elites. Instead, this study highlights how officials, slaveholders and enslaved people transformed slavery and its dismantlement into a contested issue. It also explores the proactive role that enslaved people played in undermining the institution of slavery throughout Chile, ultimately leading to its abolition
Art · Emancipation · Exceptionalism · Ideology · Institution · Literature · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Gender Studies · Historical Studies in Latin America · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America
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| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |