'Spanish, Indian and Black slaves': notes regarding the study of inter-ethnic relationships in the religious brotherhoods of the northern Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata

Abstract

This research note presents the study of the religious brotherhoods of the cities of Salta and Jujuy (located to the north of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata and South of Charcas). The study was based on comparative historiographical analysis and its contrast with unpublished historical sources. Especially books of the brotherhoods and social practices of registration and operation have been taken into account, with the objective of identifying the composition of various ethnic groups and establishing how inter-ethnic relationships developed in a context of colonial domination.

Keywords

• Brotherhoods
• Ethnicity
• Jujuy
• Salta
• Argentina