Ser mãe numa vila colonial do ouro: vida (re)produtiva das mulheres da Paróquia de Antônio Dias de Ouro Preto, entre 1745 e 1804

Abstract

This paper aims to verify, through data from 1,400 mothers from the period 1745 to 1804 of the parish of Antônio Dias (Ouro Preto), the standards caractheristics of this group of women in reproductive age. The database, developed by Campos (2012), relies on the union of different types of historical data, as parish registers, nominative lists and other sources - an extremely rich database, that allows to understand part of the history of these women. The method chosen to analyze this database is the Grid of Membership (GoM), that made possible to infer four “pure” profiles: African or Criollo slaves; Mineiras and other Brazilian women; mothers of the end of the gold boom; and first mothers of Ouro Preto. The results show that the economic dynamics have a strong impact on the behaviors captured in the four delimited profiles.