BLACK TERRITORIES IN PORTO ALEGRE/RS: TOPONYMY OF BLACK EMANCIPATION ON THE MAP OF 1888
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This work is inserted in the context of reconstitution of the former black territories in Porto Alegre/RS. It proposes to bring out the black presence registered on the map of 1888, year of the abolition of slavery, materialized in toponyms alluding to black emancipation. Redemption Field, September 28th Street and 13th May Street inscribe in the space milestones of the emancipation process, at the local and national scale. Historical-geographical analysis was used to recover space in time. The approach is sustained in the context, linking the denominations with the geographical space that supports them, connecting their material (physical space) and symbolic (uses, meanings, motivations) dimensions. Cartography recalls the former designations of spaces and their occupation by the black group. The toponymies bring out the uses, the political and social relations involved in their baptism, and the meanings of these denominations for blacks.
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