Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: LETICIA SILVA ALMEIDA

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : LETICIA SILVA ALMEIDA
DATE: 10/08/2023
TIME: 14:30
LOCAL: On line Campus Dom Bosco
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Keywords: Slavery, Quilombola, abolition, resistance, archives, orality

PAGES: 43
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUBÁREA: História do Brasil
SPECIALTY: História do Brasil Império
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Abstract

Thisworkaimstodevelopthefirstpartofthemaster'sresearch, whichistounderstandthehistoryofthelandswherethe Carapuça community, located in São Tiago, Minas Gerais, wasestablished in theearlytwentiethcentury. The communitywasformedthrough a donationoflandmadeby Américo José de Castro, who, uponacquiringtheterritory in the mid-1920s, realizedthatmanyformerslaveswere living in thearea. Therefore, hedemarcated a portionofthelandwherethefarmhousewaslocated in orderto build a communitywherethesepeoplecould live withtheirfamiliesandworktogether. Tolearn more abouttheoriginofthecommunity, it isnecessaryto trace backthehistoryoftheregion, thefarm, and its ownerstolocatetheenslavedindividualswholivedthereandpotentiallydiscovertheidentitiesofthepeoplewhowerepresentandcontributedtothe establishment ofthevillage, thusestablishing connections withthecurrentresidentsandexploringthepossibilityof it being a remaining quilombola community.

 

Toachievetheseresults, I employedthemethodofarchivalresearch, analyzing post-mortem inventories, wills, sharingdocuments, deeds, as well as parishrecordsofbaptisms, marriages, and deaths fromthecitiesof São Tiago, Bom Sucesso, Morro do Ferro, and Oliveira. The retrievalofthesedocumentswasmadepossiblethrough interviews previouslyconducted in thecommunitywith some residentsregardingthearea'shistory. The analysisofthesearchivesprovideduswiththeopportunitytouncover a historythathadbeenlost over time, enablingustonotonlyunderstandtheoriginsoftheplacebutalsogaindeeper insights intothe social andeconomicaspectsofdailylife in the São Tiago regionduringthe late nineteenthandearly

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1165216 - MANUEL JAUARA
Interno - 1003740 - AFONSO DE ALENCASTRO GRACA FILHO
Externo à Instituição - ACACIO SIDINEI ALMEIDA SANTOS - UFABC