La Sauceda of the Pérez Gavilán. Disintegration of the hacienda and conformation of the ejido in Sauceda, Durango (1883-1933)

Abstract

The present work exposes the process of disintegration of the hacienda of the Sauceda and therefore the conformation of the ejido in the same community, in the municipality of Canatlán, Durango. It briefly offers the trajectory of the estate in the hands of the Pérez Gavilán family and the way in which they managed it during the time that it belonged to them; the particular and foreign circumstances that caused the disarticulation of the hacienda are analyzed, from the end of the 19th century until the implementation of the agrarian reform. The aim is to contribute to regional history by understanding and analysing processes that transformed political, economic and social structures. The main primary sources used are contracts of sale formalized before various public notaries, a register of rustic estate and various agricultural documents.