Los afro-argentinos en la gaceta mercantil de Buenos Aires (1823-1826)
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URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10481/91557Metadata
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Universidad de Sevilla
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Argentina Esclavitud Abolición
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2023Referencia bibliográfica
Número 51, diciembre 2023, pp. 519-536 DOI: [https://dx.doi.org/10.12795/Temas-Americanistas.2023.i51.21]
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This article focuses on the analysis of the news related to people of black-African origin contained in La Gaceta Mercantil: diario comercial, politico y literario (La Gaceta Mercantil: commercial, political and literary newspaper) de Buenos Aires during the years from 1823 to 1826. Thus, we examine the reality of Afro-descendants in an Argentina that sought to “whiten” after the 19th century, in order to attract European immigrants. Most of these people were slaves, although there were also free and freedmen. The attempt to whitewash history has resulted in the invisibilization and stigmatization of this human group despite their contribution to the formation of Argentina. For all these reasons, our objective is to recover part of their memory.Abstract
Este artículo se centra en el análisis de las noticias relativas a personas de origen negroafricano contenidas en La Gaceta Mercantil: diario comercial, político y literario de Buenos Aires, durante los años de 1823 a 1826. Examinamos la realidad de los afrodescendientes en una Argentina que buscó “blanquearse” tras el siglo XIX para atraer inmigrantes europeos. La mayoría de estas personas eran esclavos y esclavas, aunque también los hubo libres y libertos. El intento de blanquear la historia ha desembocado en la invisibilización y estigmatización de este grupo humano a pesar de su contribución en la formación de Argentina. Por todo ello, nuestro objetivo es recuperar parte de su memoria. This article focuses on the analysis of the news related to people of black-African origin contained in La Gaceta Mercantil: diario comercial, politico y literario (La Gaceta Mercantil: commercial, political and literary newspaper) de Buenos Aires during the years from 1823 to 1826. Thus, we examine the reality of Afro-descendants in an Argentina that sought to “whiten” after the 19th century, in order to attract European immigrants. Most of these people were slaves, although there were also free and freedmen. The attempt to whitewash history has resulted in the invisibilization and stigmatization of this human group despite their contribution to the formation of Argentina. For all these reasons, our objective is to recover part of their memory.