“O Sol da fraternidade rasgou a treva das senzalas”: memórias da escravidão e da abolição no jornal Folha do Norte (1909-1933).

Abstract

The persistent silencing in relation to slavery, abolition and the black presence in the city of Feira de Santana, Bahia – Brazil, highlights how Feira's elites and journalistic press sought to build a civilized identity for the city adopting strategies of silencing and marginalizing the black population through removals from the center of the city, prohibitions and social exclusion, as well as the suppression of their narratives and memories. The association between slavery, abolition and the political use of memory, at the beginning of the 20th century by writers from the feirense journalistic press, will be the fundamental theme of this dissertation. This work seeks to investigate Feira de Santana's post-abolition experience through the commemorative editorials relating the passage of May 13th published in the newspaper Folha do Norte between the years 1909 to 1933.