Igarapé-Miri: a passagem da escravidão ao trabalho livre, numa região de engenhos (Grão-Pará: 1843-1888)
In Igarapé-Miri, throughout the nineteenth century, the presence of slave workers was significant and of great relevance to the activities of sugarcane cultivation and the production of aguardente / cachaça. The present dissertation analyzes the transition from slavery to free labor, emphasizing...
| Autor principal: | NASCIMENTO, Sônia Viana do |
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| Grau: | Dissertação |
| Idioma: | por |
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Universidade Federal do Pará
2018
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http://repositorio.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/2011/10120 |
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In Igarapé-Miri, throughout the nineteenth century, the presence of slave workers was
significant and of great relevance to the activities of sugarcane cultivation and the production
of aguardente / cachaça. The present dissertation analyzes the transition from slavery to free
labor, emphasizing that the proximity or the end of slavery did not mean the exit of the slave
laborers from the sugar mills of the region. From the use of various sources such as
newspapers, post-mortem inventories, Igarapé-Miri municipal council balance, labor
contracts, and others, demographic data we understand the importance of slavery in the place
and the mechanisms used by the lords to ensure the hand Of work. |