Céspedes y la Colonialidad del Archivo: Historias de Negritud y Fuga en la Modernidad Española Peninsular

Abstract

The minutes of the inquisitorial process that took place in Toledo between the years 1587 and 1589 against the person of Céspedes give rise to this article. Firstly, the article reviews how this archive has been read by historiographers and makes a criticism of these readings due to the coloniality of these views. Secondly, the article offers a reading that explores unanalyzed aspects of the archive that have to do with the racial history of Spain in the Modern Age and its problematic relationship with blackness and slavery, both in the past and in the present.