JOSÉ DO PATROCINIO MARQUES TOCANTINS (1844-1889): TRAJETÓRIA DE UM AFRODESCENDENTE NA PROVÍNCIA DE GOIÁS NO SÉCULO XIX

Abstract

The purpose of this dissertation is to reflect on the historical and social representation of the Afrodescendant in Goiás in the second half of the nineteenth century, guided by the trajectory of journalist and abolitionist José do Patrocínio Marques Tocantins. To begin, I conducted an analysis of the existing historical narratives and the travelers' vision of Goias in the nineteenth century, which were and continue to be references for the study of the History of Goias; focusing on the influence of these historical narratives, on the construction of the Afrodescendent representation in the collective memory of Brazilian and foreign societies. In order to (re) build the historical trajectory of José do Patrocínio, in addition to bibliographies, I used documents and records found in the Museum of the Flags (MUBAN), in the Frei Simão Library and in the diocesan archive Dom Tomás Baldoíno, both from the City of Goiás and also the newspapers: The Free Tribune and The Goyano Publisher, published in the last two decades of the nineteenth century. By reading between the lines of these documents facilitated the visibility of this man who faced the difficulties inherent by the family, social and cultural situation in which he lived; his occupation in the social and cultural spaces in Goiás, his ethnic marriage to Anna Francisca Tocantins and also the importance of the media in the period of political and social transition in the Province, especially in matters concerning the abolition.