Based on the case of Cartago palenque, this article analyses some of the characteristics of the slaves uprisings occuped in the Nueva Granada kingdom during the XVIIth Century. It explains the causes of the slaves scape, their life circunstances in the farms and in the small town of Cartago. It also analyses the type of punishment exerted on these slaves.
Palenque; slaves town council; severe punishment; slave family.