‘Minas Gerais é muitas’: blacks and whites in schools in the south of Minas, in the 19th century

Abstract:

In this article we elaborated a profile of the public of elementary schools in the region traditionally known as Sul de Minas. We used as a material of analysis a census documentation related to the province of Minas Gerais, from the 1830s. This material allowed us to establish characteristics such as the racial and socioeconomic profile of the students and aspects related to their family groups. We also elaborated a comparison of the public of schools in the southern region with that of the central region of Minas Gerais, which made evident the uniqueness of the population that accessed the school in the region and also the importance of taking into account regional diversity in the analysis of history education in Minas Gerais in the 19th century.

Keywords:
Sul de Minas; 19th century; race relations