Antônio Silvino e a resistência camponesa: passagens de um anti-herói no Cariri Paraibano (1898-1914).

Abstract

This work problematizes the relations of power established by Manoel Baptista de Moraes, commonly known as Antônio Silvino, and his group in Cariri, Paraíba. Specifically, this research aimed to: first, study the politics of the beginning of the First Republic of Para, to situate how the oligarchies that were represented in the state scenario gave support to the agrarian system based on the latifundio and the exploitation of the peasantry workers, so we located some authors which discuss the cangaço phenomenon as part of this historical process; second, to analyze Silvino trying to perceive the records that deal with his emergence as a subject who revolted with the social condition imposed on him and seeking to identify his political relations established among the agrarian elites of the Northeastern sertões; and, finally, to perceive the passages of this cangaceiro by Cariri paraibano highlighting its main political feats and conflicts. We seek a theoretical contribution in Social History centered on historical materialism from the authors E. P Thompson and James C. Scott that have brought us important lessons to study the universe of peasant resistance. Data collection was done through consultation with a general bibliography, as well as through several direct sources: string literature, regional literature, criminal cases, newspapers, photographic images, testimonies and biographies. The studies made it possible to understand the various tensions and conflicts between Antônio Silvino and the authorities or people of the Cariri Paraíba as part of a complex network of power relations that guaranteed a process of resistance in that peasant world where agrarian and political elites sought all costs become hegemonic.