LA DESMEMORIA IMPUESTA A LOS HOMBRES QUE TRAJERON: CARTAGENA DE INDIAS EN EL SIGLO XVI Y XVII. UN DEPÓSITO DE ESCLAVOS

Abstract

This paper will focus on the role slaves played in the city of Cartagena de Indias in the seventeenth century. It will also focus on how the city became a slave warehouse and the role they played in shaping this colonial society. Their jobs, dances, sociability and ethnic origin are presented as main characters in the shaping of this city. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]