{"id":19568,"date":"2025-02-07T03:34:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T21:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/politicsrights.com\/?p=19568"},"modified":"2025-04-24T08:13:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T01:43:43","slug":"unveiling-the-paradoxes-of-emancipation-in-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/politicsrights.com\/fr\/unveiling-the-paradoxes-of-emancipation-in-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"Les paradoxes de l\u2019\u00e9mancipation en Colombie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"translation-block\">L\u2019ouvrage de Yesenia Barragan, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3EsFLIb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Freedom\u2019s Captives: Slavery and Gradual Emancipation on the Colombian Black Pacific<\/em><\/a> (Cambridge University Press, 2021), laur\u00e9at du <strong>Prix Wesley-Logan 2022 en histoire de la diaspora africaine<\/strong>, constitue une contribution essentielle \u00e0 l\u2019historiographie de l\u2019abolition en Am\u00e9rique latine. Barragan examine avec pr\u00e9cision la loi colombienne sur les ventres libres de 1821, en l\u2019inscrivant dans le contexte plus large du mouvement abolitionniste atlantique. Son \u00e9tude met en lumi\u00e8re comment cette loi, cens\u00e9e \u00e9liminer progressivement l\u2019esclavage, a paradoxalement consolid\u00e9 de nouvelles formes de gouvernance raciale, perp\u00e9tuant une servitude de facto sous couvert de libert\u00e9 l\u00e9gale.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4gu4Ob6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/politicsrights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cover-of-the-book-Freedoms-Captives-in-Colombia.webp\" alt=\"Couverture du livre Freedom\u2019s Captives en Colombie\" class=\"wp-image-19571\" style=\"width:220px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/politicsrights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cover-of-the-book-Freedoms-Captives-in-Colombia.webp 333w, https:\/\/politicsrights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cover-of-the-book-Freedoms-Captives-in-Colombia-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/politicsrights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cover-of-the-book-Freedoms-Captives-in-Colombia-8x12.webp 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Barragan affirme que le mod\u00e8le d\u2019\u00e9mancipation graduelle constituait un m\u00e9canisme moderne de contr\u00f4le racial, dans lequel les enfants \u00ab libres \u00bb n\u00e9s de m\u00e8res r\u00e9duites en esclavage restaient attach\u00e9s aux ma\u00eetres de leur m\u00e8re jusqu\u2019\u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge adulte. Ce cadre juridique a favoris\u00e9 ce qu\u2019elle appelle la \u00ab gouvernance raciale \u00bb, enracinant des in\u00e9galit\u00e9s syst\u00e9miques qui ont perdur\u00e9 bien apr\u00e8s l\u2019abolition formelle en 1852. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une recherche archivistique minutieuse, elle met en \u00e9vidence les contradictions de la libert\u00e9 lib\u00e9rale : comment elle promettait l\u2019\u00e9mancipation tout en institutionnalisant la captivit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le livre est structur\u00e9 en trois parties interconnect\u00e9es. La premi\u00e8re section explore le tissu socio-\u00e9conomique du Pacifique noir colombien, en se concentrant sur des r\u00e9gions comme le Choc\u00f3, o\u00f9 les communaut\u00e9s noires, esclavis\u00e9es et libres, cherchaient \u00e0 naviguer vers une autonomie au sein de structures oppressives. \u00c0 travers une approche ethnographique, Barragan met en \u00e9vidence comment la g\u00e9ographie et les \u00e9conomies locales ont fa\u00e7onn\u00e9 les strat\u00e9gies de r\u00e9sistance et de survie. La deuxi\u00e8me partie examine les cadres juridiques et politiques qui ont conduit \u00e0 l\u2019adoption de la loi sur les ventres libres, en soulignant l\u2019influence du discours r\u00e9volutionnaire antiesclavagiste face aux int\u00e9r\u00eats profond\u00e9ment enracin\u00e9s des propri\u00e9taires d\u2019esclaves. La derni\u00e8re section analyse les cons\u00e9quences de l\u2019abolition, en d\u00e9taillant comment les anciens esclaves ont d\u00fb faire face \u00e0 des barri\u00e8res syst\u00e9miques limitant leur autonomie r\u00e9elle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019une des grandes forces du livre r\u00e9side dans son approche interdisciplinaire, qui m\u00eale histoire du droit, th\u00e9orie politique et \u00e9tudes culturelles. L\u2019engagement de Barragan avec les concepts de chercheuses comme Saidiya Hartman enrichit son analyse des silences archivistiques entourant les exp\u00e9riences v\u00e9cues des personnes r\u00e9duites en esclavage. Son r\u00e9cit reconstitue ces vies, offrant une critique approfondie des promesses lib\u00e9rales de libert\u00e9 qui, bien souvent, dissimulaient une exploitation persistante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><em>Freedom\u2019s Captives<\/em> remet en question les r\u00e9cits conventionnels sur l\u2019abolition en r\u00e9v\u00e9lant les complexit\u00e9s et contradictions des politiques d\u2019\u00e9mancipation graduelle. Il s\u2019agit d\u2019une lecture incontournable pour les chercheurs en histoire latino-am\u00e9ricaine, en \u00e9tudes sur la diaspora africaine et en droits humains, car il offre une analyse critique des h\u00e9ritages persistants de l\u2019esclavage dans la structuration des hi\u00e9rarchies raciales et sociales contemporaines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those interested in understanding the nuanced history of abolition and its afterlives, Barragan&#8217;s work is not just an academic milestone but a compelling call to reassess how we define and recognize freedom. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3EsFLIb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The book is available here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-foxiz-elements-note gb-wrap note-wrap none-padding yes-shadow\" style=\"--heading-border-color:#88888822;--border-width:0 0 0 0;--desktop-header-padding:15px 30px 15px 30px;--tablet-header-padding:15px 25px 15px 25px;--mobile-header-padding:15px 20px 15px 20px;--desktop-padding:15px 30px 30px 30px;--tablet-padding:15px 25px 25px 25px;--mobile-padding:15px 20px 20px 20px\"><div class=\"note-header gb-header\"><span class=\"note-heading\"><span class=\"gb-heading heading-icon\"><i class=\"rbi rbi-idea\"><\/i><\/span><h4 class=\"gb-heading none-toc\">D\u00e9couvrez d\u2019autres livres prim\u00e9s<\/h4><\/span><\/div><div class=\"note-content gb-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-85d11b1a wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-container-content-a507e214\"><a href=\"https:\/\/politicsrights.com\/fr\/henry-christophe-haitis-revolutionary-king\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/politicsrights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-king-of-Haiti-Haitiens.webp\" alt=\"Portrait of Henry Christophe: A Haitian King\u2019s Rise and Legacy\" class=\"wp-image-15445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/politicsrights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-king-of-Haiti-Haitiens.webp 336w, https:\/\/politicsrights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-king-of-Haiti-Haitiens-202x300.webp 202w, https:\/\/politicsrights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-king-of-Haiti-Haitiens-8x12.webp 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3CGHA3K\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"331\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/politicsrights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/The-Silver-Women_How-Black-Womens-Labor-Made-the-Panama-Canal.webp\" alt=\"Couverture du livre &lt;em&gt;The Silver Women: How Black Women\u2019s Labor Made the Panama Canal&lt;\/em&gt;\" class=\"wp-image-19577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/politicsrights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/The-Silver-Women_How-Black-Womens-Labor-Made-the-Panama-Canal.webp 331w, https:\/\/politicsrights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/The-Silver-Women_How-Black-Womens-Labor-Made-the-Panama-Canal-199x300.webp 199w, https:\/\/politicsrights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/The-Silver-Women_How-Black-Womens-Labor-Made-the-Panama-Canal-8x12.webp 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-container-content-a507e214\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/42JsMvI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/politicsrights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cover-of-the-book-Black-Women-Citizenship-and-the-Making-of-Modern-Cuba-Afro-Cuban.webp\" alt=\"Couverture de &lt;em&gt;Black Women, Citizenship, and the Making of Modern Cuba&lt;\/em&gt; de Takkara K. 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