Invisibles y olvidadosindios e independencia de Brasil
ISSN: 0213-2087
Year of publication: 2009
Issue Title: Visiones y revisiones de las independencias americanas: los indios y las independencias
Issue: 27
Pages: 235-277
Type: Article
More publications in: Studia historica. Historia contemporánea
Abstract
This article intends to study the relationship between the indigenous peoples of Brazil and the independence of the country within the broad time frame of 1821-1850. The indigenous collective is considered here both as a passive and active agent in the process: a passive element in the royal legislation �from Pombal�s time and during the Court�s establishment in Rio, and during the imperial period� as much as it was in the parliamentary discussions; and an active element due to its involvement in the struggles for independence.