The color that arouses disquiet: the first black press newspapers in Nineteenth-Century Brazil
The present research focuses on the beginning of the publication of the pioneering newspapers of the black press in Imperial Brazil, specifically regarding the exercise of citizenship by free "men of color" – an exercise provided for by the Constitution of 1824, theoretically without colo...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) |
| Repositorio: | Faces da História |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:seer.assis.unesp.br:article/2676 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://seer.assis.unesp.br/index.php/facesdahistoria/article/view/2676 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Imprensa Negra Escravidão Cidadania Liberdade Black press Slavery Citizenship Freedom |
| Sumario: | The present research focuses on the beginning of the publication of the pioneering newspapers of the black press in Imperial Brazil, specifically regarding the exercise of citizenship by free "men of color" – an exercise provided for by the Constitution of 1824, theoretically without color restrictions. However, it is observed how the social impositions determined by skin tone were embedded in the society of the young independent country and were the targets of an emerging public opinion, fostered by a black journalistic enterprise with different political terminologies at the time, among them, the exalted, moderate, and restorative factions. Despite the irregular periodicity and the low number of titles and editions of the newspapers analyzed in this work, there is a focus on subjects concerning political debates about the occupations assigned to mestizos in nineteenth-century Rio de Janeiro society, in addition to the injustices faced by these free individuals due to the tone of their skin. The objective is to understand the concerns raised by the editors of the black pasquins, regarding the citizenship of the free "man of color", as well as to investigate the relationship between color, political positioning and the condition of a citizen in Rio de Janeiro society. The article's main documentary corpus consists of three periodicals published in 1833: O Homem de Côr or O Mulato ou o Homem de Côr, Brasileiro Pardo, and O Lafuente. By examining these periodicals, it becomes possible to understand how skin color was a determining factor in achieving full citizenship, particularly regarding the occupation of public offices. |
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