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Juana Gelofa Pelona: testigo esclavizada pero insubordinada en Santo Domingo (1549-1555)

dc.contributor.authorAcosta Corniel, Lissettespa
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dc.date.issued2022-05-02
dc.description.abstractEn 1549, Juana Gelofa Pelona, una mujer africana esclavizada, fue testigo en un juicio legal en la ciudad de Santo Domingo, de la isla La Española. Francisco Bravo fue acusado de asesinar a su esposa Catalina de Tinoco y presentó a Juana como testigo para que declarara a su favor. Ambos, Francisco y Catalina, habían sido dueños de Juana, y los familiares de Catalina, quienes habían tenido a Juana en su posesión por generaciones, le advirtieron que no declarara a favor de Francisco. Sin embargo, Juana testificó con convicción a pesar de ser amenazada y castigada severamente por sus nuevos dueños, los cuales resolvieron venderla a un nuevo esclavizador en otra ciudad y así prevenir su continuo desafío en la corte para con la familia de Catalina. Este artículo plantea que Juana orquestó su propia venta para “liberarse” de sus nuevos dueños. También se documentan ciertos aspectos sobre la vida cotidiana en el Santo Domingo del siglo dieciséis resaltando detalles compartidos por algunos de los testigos.  spa
dc.description.abstractIn 1549, Juana Gelofa Pelona, an enslaved African woman, was a witness in a legal case in the city of Santo Domingo, on the island of Hispaniola. The defendant, Francisco Bravo, was accused of killing his wife, Catalina de Tinoco, and presented Juana as his witness to testify on his behalf. Both Francisco and Catalina had been  Juana’s enslavers; and, Catalina's family, in whose possession Juana had lived for multiple generations, warned her not to testify in favor of Francisco. Nonetheless, she testified with conviction, despite being threatened and punished severely by her new enslavers who resolved to sell her to another enslaver in a different city to avoid her continuous defiance of Catalina’s family in court. This article proposes that Juana orchestrated her own sale to rid herself of her new owners who wanted to convince her at all cost not to say what she knew. The article also documents aspects of everyday life in sixteenth-century Santo Domingo by highlighting details shared by the witnesses,eng
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dc.identifier.doi10.32997/pa-2022-3833
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dc.publisherUniversidad de Cartagenaspa
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dc.subjectSanto Domingoeng
dc.subjectslaveryeng
dc.subjectblack womeneng
dc.subjectwitnesseng
dc.subjectdisobedienceeng
dc.subjectSanto Domingospa
dc.subjectesclavitudspa
dc.subjectmujeres negrasspa
dc.subjecttestigospa
dc.subjectdesobedienciaspa
dc.titleJuana Gelofa Pelona: testigo esclavizada pero insubordinada en Santo Domingo (1549-1555)spa
dc.title.translatedJuana Gelofa Pelona: An Enslaved but Insubordinate Witness in Santo Domingo (1549-1555)eng
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