Camaradas: Livres e pobres em Mato Grosso (1808-1850)

Abstract

This dissertation aims to analyse the presence, participation and aspects of the works everyday of a portion of the free and poor population, constituted by “camaradas”, in Mato Grosso, between 1808-1850, especially those established in rural environments. In a frontier territory, formed by mining environments, urbans, rurals and servicemen found in the “camaradas” occupation means to ensure and/or complement their maintenance in a slave society, as well as they contributed to the regional domestic market. The criminal and civil processes, population‟s maps, travelers‟ reports, reports of provincial presidents, besides other sources, were part of the empirical to this study. This study which emphasizes the “camaradas” contribution and other free and poor men, not only in the social, economic and cultural configuration of Mato Grosso, but also of Brazil.