O que dizem as licenças? Flexibilização da legislação e recrutamento particular de trabalhadores indígenas no Estado do Maranhão (1680-1755)

In this study we organize information contained in the licenses granted to Portuguese colonists to carry out private ransoms (resgates) and descents (descimentos) in the state of Maranhão e Grão-Para during the colonial period. Analyzing them together with the economic and social events and the legi...

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Main Authors: Camila Loureiro Dias, Fernanda Aires Bombardi
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2016-12-01
Series:Revista de História
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/111250
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Summary:In this study we organize information contained in the licenses granted to Portuguese colonists to carry out private ransoms (resgates) and descents (descimentos) in the state of Maranhão e Grão-Para during the colonial period. Analyzing them together with the economic and social events and the legislation of this period, we seek to grasp the evolution of the recruitment’s system of Indian workers in the Amazon region, especially during the first half of the eighteenth century.
ISSN:0034-8309
2316-9141