Testigos y actores de la independencia de nueva granada20 de julio al 15 de agosto de 1810

Résumé

The 20th of July of 1810, the revolutionary movement was created in Santafé de Bogotá, the actual capital of Colombia. The movement was promoted by the members of some of the most important families of the city and some peninsular. Together they began the political transformation of the viceroyalty of “Nueva Granada” which led to the promotion of the emancipator process that led to Colombia independence over the years. The celebration of the bicentennial of this event was the occasion to return to the facts that happened during the first four weeks of that process in Santafé de Bogotá and try to clarify the historic reality of that days which the patriotic historiography of the XIX and XX centuries and the revisionist historiography of the mid XX century have not gathered or interpreted rightly, and in some aspects has blurred or overlooked. In order to clear up what really happened two hundred years ago, it has been necessary to go straight to the citizens and the peninsular stories which were witnesses of what happened during that first weeks in the city of Santafé de Bogotá. The possibility to dispose the testimonies of the citizens and the peninsular at the same time have made possible a study that compares the events of those days. By comparing these documents there is a lot of data matching, other data that complements each other and other data that has contradictions. All this provides a reliable outline of what really happened on July 20 and its next four weeks, rich in nuances, even if the discrepancies do not disappear, allowing you to see in first hand who the main actors were on those revolutionary days.