Abstract
This research intends to make a case study, focusing on the working relations in the Real Fábrica de Ferro São João de Ipanema, considered the first Iron Factory in the country, located in the then Vila de Sorocaba, present municipality of Iperó, in São Paulo. The Fábrica was officially founded in 1810, but since the 16th century the possibility of extracting iron from the Morro de Araçoi…