Liberdade sem sustos, nem inquietações: significados e sentidos do fundo de emancipação no Grão-Pará (1871-1888)

Abstract

The second half of the nineteenth century in Brazil was marked by reflection and discussion on the routing process of emancipation that for society as a whole turned into a real dilemma to be solved: the problem of the servile element. These discussions were supported by different social sectors that have driven a process of liberation in a controlled manner and directed through the control of the State and certain slaves. The winning project of this debate was the Law of the Free Womb 1871 which allowed an indemnification and control over the population of freed through emancipation Emancipation Fund. In this regard, he expressed the need to maintain social relations of slavery, whose main theme at stake was the loss of control over the "slave property". This control over the property, however, did not mean that social individuals directly affected by the emancipation of the state policy does not build their responses to meet the challenges in the pursuit of freedom. Actions before the Court, the sewed everyday relationships, actions with the production of enrollment or the list of the classification of slaves would be freed by the Emancipation Fund constituted, among other forms of intervention, guided by the self emancipation legislation, which guarantee to the slave the way to freedom.