Abstract

SANCHEZ MEJIA, Hugues. Trapiche farms, ranches, little ranches and slash-and-burn farming: the rural world in the Government of Santa Marta (1700-1810). Hist. Caribe [online]. 2016, vol.11, n.28, pp.241-274. ISSN 0122-8803.  https://doi.org/10.15648/hc.28.2016.9.

This article analyzes the issue of property rights, operation and expansion of the agricultural frontier in the Government of Santa Marta in the eighteenth century. Also, it presents in detail the structure of several units, their value, investments and owners. It emphasizes that economic growth led to the demand for land to set up production units and above this, the Spanish Crown acted giving privileges and access to land via Granting of Unallocated Crown Lands and compositions to various subjects. This article discusses the impact of this policy on a border area in the Nuevo Reino de Granada. In view of the above, the "Fondo Tierras del Magdalena" in the General Archive of the Nation was consulted.

Keywords : Government of Santa Marta; compositions of land; ranches; farms.

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