Clamour and rebellion. The Gypsy women during the extermination project of 1749

  • Manuel Martínez Martínez Grupo de investigación interdisciplinar PENDARIPÉN
Keywords: General raid, extermination project, gypsy ethnicity, prejudices, marginalization.

Abstract

The subject of this article is the gypsy women and their attitude towards thecaptivity suffered with the general raid of 1749. Few are the studies dedicated to thishistoric episode, and even more, those which have the gypsy women as the protagonists.A characteristic which contrast with the plenty of primary sources to rebuildone of the darkest episodes of Spanish history: the extermination project of 1749.This article has two parts. The first one describes the origin and development of theraid and later Gypsy people extermination project. The second one focuses on thedifferent destinies reserved for women, immersed in a tragic desolation periplus,misery, hunger, illness and death; but also in hope manifested by their rebellion. Thegypsy women from the middle of the xviii century are shown indomitable anddecided in their fight to recover what was taken away: their family and freedom.

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Martínez Martínez M. (2019). Clamour and rebellion. The Gypsy women during the extermination project of 1749. Historia y Política, 40, 25-51. https://doi.org/10.18042/hp.40.02