Tradição e resistência: quilombos no Sertão de Amaro Leite, Goiás

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the formation of quilombos in Goiás, seeking to identify how historiography historiography reports the quilombos in the Sertão de Amaro Leite. The objective came to fruition the recognition of a Parish Register that mentions a farm in the Sertão de Amaro Leite with reference to a quilombo in its vicinity. It is understood that this like several other quilombos in Goiás, had a known presence and location. A research has shown that the history of Goiás has political and economic singularities that contributed to the formation of quilombos in the regions adjacent to the towns and villages, making trade and information networks possible, guaranteeing the subsistence of the Luso- Brazilian Luso-Brazilian centers during the mining period, the decline of gold, and in agriculture and cattle raising. livestock. The exploratory research made it possible to identify the large number of enslaved people in Goiás since its officialization, and the continuous decline of this contingent over time indicates not only the formation of quilombos, but also a transition from the use of enslaved people to free labor. to free labor, which became significantly profitable. In terms of methods, bibliographical research was used to analyze the historiography and recognize the reasons why quilombos in Goiás were known to be present and located. A qualitative approach was developed to identify the circumstances that made it possible for the quilombos in Goiás were established in the vicinity of the Luso-Brazilian centers. The work showed that Goiás had a continuous presence of quilombos. We were able to recognize that the quilombos in Goiás were known for becoming sources of labor for the surrounding society.