Abstract:
The debate on slavery was one of the central axes of concern of intellectuals and men of letters in Brazil over the 19th century. The aim of this article is to scan the contradictory feature of the abolitionist view in Joaquim Manuel de Macedo's "Pai-Raiol, o feiticeiro" narrative, based on the figuration of the black slave as a fictional character, as well as on the value system that would involve the enslaved world from the perspective of the writer. At the same time, it is interesting to identify some articulations between the representation of the slave in the fictional plane and certain conception on the black and the black enslaved current at the time.
Keywords:
Fiction character; Slavery; Joaquim Manuel de Macedo; Rural narrative