Abolición y persistencia de la esclavitud indígena en Chile colonial: estrategias esclavistas en la frontera araucano-mapuche

Resumo

For the araucano-mapuche Indians of southern Chile captured in battleduring warfare, a system of legal slavery became one of the exceptionsto the juridical statute for the vassals of the King extended to includethe Indian population of America since 1542. Our work consists on areflection on slavery and other forms of dependency and forceful work.Synthetically, we consider the illegal slavery practices which preparedthe ground to their legality since 1608, in spite of its precarious, shaky,and contradictory character, which persisted in such legislation untilthe beginning of the definite abolition process in 1674. Based on thefragments of histories of life, it is in our particular interest to understandhow the Spaniards living in Chile intended to perpetuate slavery defacto, even once its legality became banned. Finally, after more than acentury has elapsed, we will examine how some specific women andchildren destinies resemble slavery practices.