The debate about slave work, abolitionism and free work in south of minas (decades of 1870-1880)

Authors

  • Marcos Lobato Martins Universidade Federal de Alfenas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2012v19n28p208

Abstract

This article analyses the debates in the press of the South of Minas about slave work, abolitionism and free work, occurred in decades of 1870 and 1880. Are privileged the newspapers that circulated in the most detached cities of the region – Campanha, Pouso Alegre and Itajubá – with different politic and ideologic orientations. The intend is examine the visions of the slavery problem presents in the region and the local newspapers’ propositions delineated for his solution, indicating the similarities and diferences between they and the directives taken by the neighbor province of São Paulo.

Author Biography

Marcos Lobato Martins, Universidade Federal de Alfenas

Doutor em História Econômica pela USP. Professor adjunto do Instituto de Ciências Humanas e Letras da Universidade Federal de Alfenas.

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2012-12-05

How to Cite

Martins, M. L. (2012). The debate about slave work, abolitionism and free work in south of minas (decades of 1870-1880). Esboços: Histories in Global Contexts, 19(28), 208–235. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2012v19n28p208

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Vol. 19 No. 28 (2012): Dossiê Centenário do Contestado

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