Senhor ou camponês?: economia e estratificação sociala em Minas Gerais no século XIX. Mariana: 1820-1850

Abstract

The principal interesting of this study was to approach the question of the property and the economy in Minas Gerais during the 19th century. The economy in Minas Gerais in that period was predominantly agrarian with a slavering structure, but the free labor was also recognized principally in the rural activities. The free labor in the rural activities is focused in this study. We predict that some productive unities based in the free labor showed economy, demography and production close to others with a small number of slavers. By other side, the research realized in Mariana city showed a significant capacity of capital accumulation by the slavers owners who were farmers at the countryside (e.g. Freguesia Furquim) and big traders at downtown.