O retrato da população escravizada de Cuiabá no jornal “O Liberal” da província de Mato Grosso (1873-1882)

Abstract

This research is situated on the journal’s analysis field as historical source and it aimed to analyse how the daily editions of the periodical “O LIBERAL ” used to portrayed in its publishes the slavery population of Cuiabá between 1873 to 1882 years. This article is the resuult of is bibliographical and documental, based on articles, master thesis and doctoral dissertation whichinvestigated how the press portrayed the slavery period. The sources were searched in the Biblioteca Nacional’s collection using the site of the Hemeroteca Digital, that contain the publishes of the periodical “O LIBERAL ” main source of this research. The acess to this site was essencial to the development of the research once when the source lifting started (by middleof 2020) the world used to be facing the pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19, which one restricted the utilization of public archives and libraries due to isolation and social detachmentmeasures applied to facement of the pandemy. Therefore, during the isolation, virtually, I did the lifting and the analysis of the entire material that will be used as source. Finally, it was possible to verify the dynamic of the periodic, that consider itselfs as opposition and liberal, buthad profiting with advertise related to escapements, buying and selling and other categories were analysed by this research.