SÁ, J. A. F.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3488626419749634; SÁ, Jessyka Alves de Figueiredo.
Résumé:
The present research of master's degree, linked to the research line: Culture, Power and
Identities, in the field of History, Culture and Societies, aims to analyze the insertion of
black men into the military forces, mainly from the colonial period, on Thirds of Black
Men and Pardos in the eighteenth and early nineteenth-century Paraíba.
The purpose is not only to investigate the origins of this institution, but mainly to
understand how military engagement transformed the black men's life experience,
whether enslaved, free or freed. In order to do this, it was necessary to understand the
development of the permanent military forces in the Kingdom and how they were adapted
to the reality of Portuguese America, passing through a more detailed investigation about
the organization and dynamics of the Thirds of Black Men and Pardos in Paraíba and
concluding with signs of political insertion occasioned by military engagement, on the
occasion of Pernambucan Insurrection of 1817.
In the perspective of the slavery historiography influenced by English Social History,
especially in the figure of Edward P. Thompson, we see the Thirds as a rich field of
investigation of black men's experience and insertion who, even in an extremely
hierarchical slave society, acted in a institutionalized military force.
In addition to the bibliography related to the theme, we used primary sources from the
Waldemar Bispo Duarte Historical Archives (Public Archive of Paraíba State), as well as
journals from the Paraiban's Historical and Geographical Institute and consultation with
the Historical Documents of the National Library dedicated to 1817
