Abstract

CONDE CALDERON, Jorge Enrique. From slaves to homeland soldiers: the Liberation Army as a guarantor of freedom and citizenship. Co-herencia [online]. 2019, vol.16, n.31, pp.79-100. ISSN 1794-5887.  https://doi.org/10.17230/co-herencia.16.31.3.

The conscription of slaves and the so-called libertos in the militia units, guerrillas and armies formed during the wars of independence was a growing phenomenon, both in the ranks of the royalist forces and those of the patriots. While both forces promised the conscripted exslave soldiers to free them in return for their military service, the Liberation Army additionally promised to grant their citizenship. The liberto soldiers, then, took advantage of the context generated by the war to fight and strengthen freedom, citizenship and other rights through memorials and representations in which they used a revolutionary language that, sometimes, went beyond the proposals of the liberators.

Keywords : Slave; liberto soldier; homeland; republic; army; state..

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