Relações sociais na sociedade escravista: cotidiano e criminalidade em Juiz de Fora - 1870-1888

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze the daily life of the slave community in the city of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais. Through criminal prosecutions in which defendants were slaves, ranging between 1870 and 1888, we sought to analyze the daily life, social relations, as well as the tensions and conflicts inherent in the system which were part of the captives. The proposal is to determine whether such relationships to corroborate the jury in order to acquit them or condemn them. For this purpose, we analyze the formation of the municipality as a major producer of coffee and possession of a significant slave population in the second half of the nineteenth century, therefore, experienced the tensions of the international slave trade order. We analyzed the cases of violence among slaves, masters and overseers that characterized the conflict and social relations, be they horizontal or vertical. We also seek to analyze the social and legal landscape that made up the social, economic and demographic of the city, understanding the constitution of the slave community and the legal context in this nineteenth century.