Dos propuestas constitucionales en el Caribe del siglo XIX

in the complex sociopolitical scenario of the 19th century's caribbean several historical experiences of fights for independence and freedom took place. we focus our attention on two episodes, each one conveying a proposal for national organization: one in the early 19th century -the 1801constitution for saint domingue, still e french colony, written according to toussaint louverture's regulation-; and the other around the mid century -expressed in eugenio maría hostos's "el programa de los independientes" from 1876, which conveys the basis for a future national organization of puerto rico. our approach is determined by the question about the ways of subjectivity reinforcement in the texts and the practices rising from them.