Criminalidade, resistência e liberdade: um estudo sobre práticas sociais “ilegais” da população negra no Recife (1842-1850).

Abstract

In this report I present a social perspective of crime in Recife between 1842 and 1850. At that time, Recife had undergone many social and urban transformations that gave a supposed air of progress to the city. However, misery, black slavery and social inequalities were present. We understand the criminal practices of the enslaved as mechanisms of resistance and the Criminal Code is the result of the logic of power relations, hence the use of quotation marks in the term "illegal" when referring to such practices, in the title of this work. We problematized the concept of freedom and sought to give meaning to the color classifications present in the documentation studied. We used several authors as theoretical references, among them, Sidney Chalhoub, Marcus J. M. de Carvalho, Raimundo Arraes, João José Reis, Eduardo Silva, Walter Fraga and Wellington Barbosa da Silva. The research used the Diário de Pernambuco and Civil Police reports as sources. Our didactic-pedagogical product is a podcast. A modern and accessible digital resource for elementary and high school students. We want to encourage our students to establish connections between historical knowledge, the present time and the construction of a fairer future for all.