A EDUCAÇÃO DOS NEGROS NA SOCIEDADE ESCRAVISTA DO MARANHÃO PROVINCIAL

Abstract

This paper shows features important for understanding the historical bans imposed on blacks in regard to educational processes in maranhense context of the nineteenth century. Focuses on the presence of black students in public schools, despite the legal obstacles imposed on access to education of slaves. The research work was the identification, transcription and analysis of primary sources produced in Maranhão in the nineteenth century, which are stacked in the Public Archives of the State of Maranhão, and the Public Library Benedito Leite.