The 'Pardo Question
Political struggles on Free Coloreds right to citizenship during the Revolution of Caracas, 1797-1813
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4046511 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alejandro E Gómez (0000-0001-8393-093X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Publication date | 2008-06-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nuevo mundo mundos nuevos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1626-0252 • E-ISSN: 1626-0252 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/nuevomundo.34503 |
| OpenAlex | W63047031 |
| Language | EN |
The mulattoes, the Pardos, the dark people were with him. The mulattoes fought like demons in Valencia. Even when the white people surrendered they fought on. I had five thousand men. The mulattoes fought on even when there were only five hundred of them. For them, as you say, the question of the revolution was: ‘Who is going to rule over us?’ And they simply didn’t want to be ruled by the people on my side. V.S. Naipaul, A Way in the World, 1994 In the early 19th century, the Free Colored
Ancient history · Art · Art history · Colored · Humanities · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Anthropology · History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |