“My estimated creditors”: black and brown people in public and private instruction at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century in Cuiabá - MT

Abstract:

This article deals with the presence of blacks and browns in public and private education in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil, between 1857 and 1911. For the construction of this study, bibliographic and documentary research and primary sources were used, such as newspapers of the time, Census, Reports of Presidents of Province and Directors of Public Instruction. The objectives are to present, identify and expand the contingent of blacks and browns working in the educational segment in the 19th century in Cuiabá. In this aspect, the study revealed a significant presence of blacks as students/teachers in public and private schools in Cuiabá, identified by name. It also revealed the increase in the number of black teachers in these spaces, as well as the participation of black men in addition to those who left their contributions in the 19th century, at the forefront of public management. The study also revealed the active participation of black women in public and private schools of First Letters, in journalism and the direction of unions.

Keywords:
race/color; can read and goes to school; black teachers (men and women); 1857 and 1911