Resumen

MENEGUS BORNEMANN, Margarita. Indigenous Voices Facing the Crisis of the Spanish Monarchy. Estud. hist. mod. contemp. Mex [online]. 2021, n.spe1, pp.61-84.  Epub 22-Mar-2022. ISSN 0185-2620.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iih.24485004e.2021.1e.77722.

The purpose of this paper is to compare the views of diverse New Spain castes (estamentos) on the indigenous people in the 18th and early 19th centuries. It also analyzes various indigenous voices against the bad government and officials of the Spanish Crown, while appealing to the king to correct the abuses against the natives and impart justice for them from 1750 onwards. Finally, we describe, on the one hand, how the indigenous councils (cabildos indígenas) reacted to the Hidalgo uprising, and how the Cortes of Cádiz, on the other, contested the same event.

Palabras llave : Literate Natives; Indigenous Councils; Uprising of Hidalgo; Courts of Cadiz.