Banca de DEFESA: MICHEL MENDES MARTA

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STUDENT : MICHEL MENDES MARTA
DATE: 01/10/2026
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: videoconferência
TITLE:

Hierarchies, power and privileges: the black militia in the city of Rio de Janeiro (1763-1831)

KEY WORDS:

Black militias; Rio de Janeiro; freed Blacks; hierarchies; power.

PAGES: 275
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUMMARY:

This dissertation examines the militias of Black men in the city of Rio de Janeiro between 1766 and 1831. Originally established in Pernambuco during the Luso-Dutch Wars of the seventeenth century, these militias - also known as the Henriques, in honor of their founder, Henrique Dias - remained active for an extended period in several captaincies of Portuguese America, including Bahia, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro, while experiencing significant numerical growth throughout the eighteenth century. The recruitment of Africans and their descendants, whether enslaved, freed, or free-born, can be identified across different territories of the Portuguese overseas empire. This study investigates the institutionalization of these militias over time in Rio de Janeiro, the composition of their officer corps and the life trajectories of its members, and the ways in which these military units, composed of Africans and their descendants, became, during the nineteenth century, a key arena for struggles aimed at institutional reforms capable of expanding access to the highest ranks of the officer corps. Finally, it examines how, with the creation of the National Guard in 1831, the military system that had previously been organized according to the racial classification of its members was abolished.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1487325 - ADRIANA BARRETO DE SOUZA
Externa à Instituição - ANA PAULA PEREIRA COSTA - UFJF
Externa à Instituição - LARISSA MOREIRA VIANA - UFF
Externo à Instituição - LUIZ GERALDO SANTOS DA SILVA - UFPR
Externa à Instituição - MARIZA DE CARVALHO SOARES - UFF