Abstract: Este artículo estudia los rituales que acompañaron los actos de manumisión en la provincia de Cartagena durante el siglo XIX, y la forma como los liberales aprovecharon estos eventos para hacer propaganda de las consignas del liberalismo utópico. A través de ellas, pretendían mostrarse como modernos y amantes de la libertad. Los actos de manumisión, casi anónimos antes de 1821, contrastan con la majestuosidad y el esplendor que adquirieron después del triunfo del liberalismo en 1849. No obstante ser actos que pusieron en circulación muchos elementos de la simbología liberal, fueron extremadamente precarios en materia de otorgar libertades a los afrodescendientes. ; This article describes the rituals that accompanied acts of manumission in the province of Cartagena during the nineteenth century and the way in which liberals took advantage of these events to create propaganda for their own utopian liberalism. They thus tried to present themselves both as modernists and lovers of liberty. The acts of manumission, which were almost anonymous until 1821, contrast with the majesty and splendor that characterized such acts after the triumph of liberalism in 1849. Notwithstanding the fact that many elements of liberal symbolism were propagated through said acts, they were extremely precarious with respect to the question of granting freedom to the descendents of African slaves.
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