MAROON COMMUNITIES: TRANSITION FROM THE CONDITION OF ENSLAVEMENT TO FREE PEASANTRY
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This paper proposes a reflection about maroon communities in the context of the rural zones of Brazil. It discusses the end of slave trade and the abolition of slavery, relating these historical developments with European immigration to Brazil. Within that context, maroon communities are grounded on the notion of autonomy, emphasizing the organization of production and contextualizing black communities in the peasantry realm. Hence, it relates the achievement of spaces of autonomy to productive practices, highlighting specific forms of occupying and using the land. The article discusses anthropological approaches to the black population in the countryside, considering contemporary processes of territorialization, and presenting a discussion about the ideologies that address the issue of peasantry and ethnic-racial belonging.
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