Relations and political power around the figure of Julián Trujillo Largacha (1866-1883)

Abstract

This article shows how sociabilities are built around the political group formed around the "independent liberal" leader Julián Trujillo Largacha during the period of the United States of Colombia. From the reconstruction of business and common intellectual initiatives, as well as the analysis of his biography, notarial documents, newspapers, and, especially, from the decrees of appointment issued between 1861 and 1884 the consolidation of the independent group is evident gestated around the figure of Trujillo Largacha and that leads, in turn, to strengthen the political project of the Regeneration and the completion of the federal experience in the current Republic of Colombia. The working hypothesis consists of demonstrating the gradual creation of political sociability bonds that will lead to an alternative political proposal to radicalism between the years of 1875 and 1878, at which point the rupture is identified and the political project that will later be called "The Regeneration".