María Himelda Ramírez
mhramirezr@unal.edu.co
Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Abstract:

This article refers to the discourses about child abandonment that circulated in Santafe de Bogota during the first half of the 17th century, in the context of redefinition of feelings towards childhood and the revaluation of maternal love. The work also studies indigenous solidarity in cases of abandonment and orphaned children of different ethnical backgrounds, as well as the protective image of the enslaved wet nurses.

Keywords: Abandonment, maternity, colonial history, childhood history, women history