Silva Jardim e a República: a trajetória de um propagandista (1860-1891)

Abstract

The current doctoral thesis analyses the trajectory of Antônio de Silva Jardim (1860-1891), fluminense lawyer, born in Capivari (current Silva Jardim county in Rio de Janeiro state) that became remarkable by the propaganda campaign in favor of the Republic. Using, mainly, of the periodic press, of the political and writings and memorialitics of Silva Jardim, of notary documents, the thesis focus, mostly, investigates his passage by MInas Gerais Forest Zone when faced strong opposition of numerous popular groups, largely formed, according to the narratives of the epoch, by the egress slave population. Beyond the years of tribune of the fluminense lawyer, the thesis also asses different moments of his biography: his childhood and youth, in Rio de Janeiro; his times of law student in São Paulo, where he started his professional life; the period of self exile in Europe and the repercussions around his tragic death in 1891.