BLACK PEOPLE IN BRAZILIAN LAW SCHOOLS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: EXCLUSION, PREJUDICE AND ERASURE

Abstract

In the 19th century there were two law schools in Brazil, one in São Paulo and another in Olinda (later transferred to Recife), both founded in 1827. The objective of this paper is to analyze how black people were inserted in these institutions in the imperial period from the point of view of three different but complementary aspects: exclusion, prejudice, and erasure. To do so, we will make use of primary and secondary sources, with the purpose of recovering the memory of black people who were part of these institutions or who tried to enter them, but failed.

Keywords
Legal education; slavery; black people in higher education; São Paulo Law School; Recife Law School