Citation

Vidal Ortega A, Elias Caro JE. Cuadernos de historia (Santiago) 2012; (37): 7-31.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012)

DOI

10.4067/S0719-12432012000200001

PMID

unavailable

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.