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The slave quarters home where? Black men and women in the post-abolition in São Carlos- SP (1880-1910)

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Author(s):
Joana D'Arc de Oliveira
Total Authors: 1
Document type: Doctoral Thesis
Press: São Carlos.
Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD)
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Examining board members:
Maria Ângela Pereira de Castro e Silva Bortolucci; Vladimir Benincasa; Dagoberto José Fonseca; Maria Helena Pereira Toledo Machado; Cibele Saliba Rizek
Advisor: Maria Ângela Pereira de Castro e Silva Bortolucci
Abstract

This thesis analyzes black men and women transition from slavery to freedom in the city of São Carlos (São Paulo), before and after abolishing of slavery. The historiography about participation of blacks in Brazil\'s disintegrating slavery is increasingly expanding, also from a non-passive perspective. Even though, the way which blacks organized their life after freedom is still little known. Through primary documentation, oral history resources and black urban territory occupation analysis, cultural, social and symbolic aspects related to struggles, achievements and individual trajectories are highlighted. The analysis is based on social history theorists such as Robert Slenes, Maria Helena Machado, Maria Odila Leite, Sidney Chalhoub, Ana Lugão Rios, Hebe Mattos and Walter Fraga Filho, which deal with Brazils abolition and post-abolition. Therefore, assuming that blacks were active in the achievement and maintenance of freedom, in order to rebuild their stories, the thesis investigates and analyzes their strategies of survival in Sao Carlos\'s urban space. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 11/01555-0 - Slavery afterwards: social and spatial path of freed blacks in São Carlos municipality
Grantee:Joana D'Arc de Oliveira
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate