| Genre: | Telenovela |
| Starring: | See list |
| Country: | Colombia |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Num Episodes: | 61 |
| Executive Producer: | Juliana Barrera |
| Editor: | Fabián Rodríguez |
| Location: | Santa Marta |
| Network: | Caracol Televisión |
The White Slave (Spanish: La esclava blanca), is a Colombian telenovela created by Eduardo Galdo and María Helena Porta for Caracol Televisión. The series originally aired from January 26, 2016, to April 25, 2016. The series stars Nerea Camacho as Victoria, Orián Suárez as Miguel and Miguel de Miguel as Nicolás.[1] [2]
Victoria Quintero is born the daughter of Don Domingo Quintero, owner of the El Edén estate, and his wife Elena. Within weeks, her parents die in a fire started deliberately by a neighboring landowner and merchant, Nicolás Parreño, who wants the Quintero land. Victoria is saved by her black nurse, Lorenza, and her husband, Tomás. With their daughters Milagros and Rosita, Victoria is taken to a palenque deep in the jungle, where for twelve years she grows up as a maroon, believing this to be her family.
Victoria has a friend in the palenque, Miguel, the illegitimate son of Sara, a runaway slave, and Parreño. Together they visit the town of Santa Marta, but they are followed back to the palenque by soldiers who believe Victoria, a white girl, has been kidnapped. Parreño then hears about the supposedly kidnapped girl, guesses she is the missing Victoria, and orders his foreman to kill her. In a raid on the palenque, many of the maroons, including Lorenza, are killed, and the survivors are captured and returned to slavery. Tomás, his daughters, and Miguel all now become the slaves of Parreño.
Victoria escapes the attack and seeks refuge in the village church, whose priest, Father Octavio, sends her away to join a convent in Spain, where she is taught to read, write, and serve as a novice. Some ten years later, Victoria escapes from the convent, with the help of her best friend, Remedios. She then returns to Santa Marta posing as Lucía de Bracamonte, a Spanish aristocrat who has entered into an agreement to marry Parreño. Victoria's plan is simply to find Miguel and his family and take them away, but in Santa Marta she is told the story of her parents’ death and decides to stay on and destroy Parreño.
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated works | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Premios Tu Mundo[3] | Novela of the Year | La esclava blanca | |
| Favorite Lead Actress | Nerea Camacho | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Norma Martínez | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Miguel de Miguel | |||
| Favorite Actress | Ana Harlen Mosquera | |||
| Favorite Actor | Orian Suárez | |||
| The Perfect Couple | Nerea Camacho and Orián Suárez | |||