La introducción/inmigración de negros extranjeros a Brasil y la reacción del Estado (1850–1940)
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2026
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Ante un Brasil racialmente mestizo y africanizado, a partir de 1850 y hasta la década de 1940, los sucesivos gobiernos –influenciados por diferentes teorías raciales y, más tarde, por la eugenesia– intentaron blanquear el país por medio de una política masiva de inmigración europea. Sin embargo, durante este período se produjo algo inesperado. Inmigraciones o proyectos de introducción de trabajadores negros extranjeros empezaron a producirse en el país. Estos acontecimientos fueron interpretados como verdaderos atentados al desarrollo de una nación “europeizada” pretendida por los dirigentes del país. Frente a la amenaza, las élites nacionales y los diferentes gobiernos reaccionaron para evitar que estas introducciones tuviesen lugar. Para las élites –y para la historiografía clásica– la contribución de personas negras al país había terminado con la abolición de la esclavitud (1.888)...
Faced with a racially mixed and deeply Africanized Brazil, from 1850 through the 1940s successive governments –shaped by different racial theories and, later, by eugenics– sought to “whiten” the country through a massive policy of European immigration. Yet something unexpected occurred during this period: immigrations or projects to introduce foreign Black workers began to take place in the country. These developments were interpreted as direct assaults on the “Europeanized” nation envisioned by the country’s leaders. In response to this perceived threat, national elites and successive governments acted to prevent such entries from occurring. For the elites –and for classic historiography– the “contribution” of Black people to the country had ended with the abolition of slavery (1888)...
Faced with a racially mixed and deeply Africanized Brazil, from 1850 through the 1940s successive governments –shaped by different racial theories and, later, by eugenics– sought to “whiten” the country through a massive policy of European immigration. Yet something unexpected occurred during this period: immigrations or projects to introduce foreign Black workers began to take place in the country. These developments were interpreted as direct assaults on the “Europeanized” nation envisioned by the country’s leaders. In response to this perceived threat, national elites and successive governments acted to prevent such entries from occurring. For the elites –and for classic historiography– the “contribution” of Black people to the country had ended with the abolition of slavery (1888)...
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