Patos de Minas e o Pós-abolição: uma proposta de abordagem para o Ensino Médio com uso de documentos

Abstract

This work is a proposal for an approach to post-abolition period using historical sources from Patos de Minas. As a result of the research, a website was built to host documents, proposals for classes, texts and other materials. The goal is to promote the utilization of documents in classes. Chapter 1 contextualizes the post-abolition period, the criminalization of black people and the city of Patos as a scenario. This is done using a lawsuit from 1892, in witch Victorino, a man who was once enslaved, was accused of robbing lard and then was acquitted. This case is analyzed to explain elements of the post-abolition period and to find uses for this kind of documentation in the Teaching of History. It was found that, despite the nature of lawsuits of the 19th century (written by hand, produced with the influence of various agents and, in some cases, lengthy), it is possible to create useful materials to teachers from them. Plus, Victorino’s case points to criminalization as a process that needs to be addressed in teaching, in order to dispel misconceptions about the black population in the period. In chapter 2, the number of sources is expanded, analyzing documents about vagrancy crimes and underlining relations between the criminalization of idleness and the post-abolition. In this part, the objective is to give place and voice to other characters from the city of Patos, to later bring them together in the conception of the dissertation product. Furthermore, the chapter addresses a brutal case of violence against Constança, a black woman assaulted with the use of a kind of whip in 1896. Also, Chapter 2 presents a report of police brutality, which took place with elements that were typical of slavery. Chapter 3 describes the product of the dissertation and explains its production process.