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EAP323/2
- Record Id:
- 032-002841177
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002841177
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023625514.0x000074
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP323/2
- Title:
- Poder Executivo (Executive)
- Scope & Content:
- Pará is located in the lower Amazon river basin bordering on the Guianas and the Atlantic ocean. Belém is the capital. The Portuguese settled in the area in the first decades of the 17th century in order to keep out English, French, and Dutch attempts to colonize the region. Until the 1750s there was moderate sugar, rum, and cacao production; being the so-called drogas do sertão (black pepper, vanilla, clove, cinnamon, etc.) the principal product of the region. Most of the labor force was made up of enslaved Native Americans. In 1751, Portuguese America was dismembered and two different states were created. Its northeastern, central, and southern parts were henceforth called State of Brazil. The northern region received the name of State of Grão Pará and Maranhão and it was directly subordinated to Lisbon. This administrative reform represented the official recognition of the strategic importance and economic potential of the Amazon region. The State of Grão Pará and Maranhão was split into two ‘governments,’ with a governor and captain-general residing permanently in Belém, Pará, the capital since 1737, and a ‘deputy’ governor living in the old capital, São Luís, Maranhão. In 1755, Amerindian slavery was abolished in the Portuguese America. In the same year, the king of Portugal created the Grão Pará and Maranhão Company to develop the region with African slave labor. As a direct result of the policy implanted then by the Marquis of Pombal, the enlightened prime-minister of Portugal, Jesuit missionaries were imprisoned and sent to the metropolis. Their former missions and properties passed to the hands of Portuguese authorities. As other provinces of Brazil, after 1822, Pará struggled for independence for more than one year. Between 1823 and 1835, provincial life suffered from political disorder and violent social disturbance. The restless situation culminated with the eruption of the Cabanagem (1835-1840), the single most extended popular upheaval in the history of Brazil. It is supposed that between 30 to 40% of a total population of a 100,000 people died during the conflict. The rubber industry grew rapidly in the mid-19th century, bursting the local economy. The rubber boom helped to populate the region with legions of landless people from the northeast of Brazil. During this period, an extraordinary afflux of wealth favored the modernization of Belém. However, an ineluctable decline occurred in the early 1900s, after England organized rubber production in Southeastern Asia. The Executive collection of the APEP presents much of this history. Most of the archival material of this collection is comprised of orders, letters, regulations, projects, proposals and speeches produced by different official bodies of the executive power of the captaincy / state / province as well as by local representatives of courts, army and navy. Extent of original material: 13 series (Agriculture; Communications; Education and Culture; Finances; Government; War; Public Works; City of Belém; Public Health and Sanitation; Public Safety; Electoral Tribunal; Navy Arsenal; Statistics).
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Endangered African diaspora collections of the state of Pará in the Amazon region of Brazil
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002841177", "parent" : "#", "text" : "EAP323/2: Poder Executivo (Executive)" },{ "id" : "036-002841178", "parent" : "032-002841177", "text" : "EAP323/2/1: Secretaria da Capitania (1649-1823) /__NEWLINE__Secretary of the Captaincy (1649-1823)" },{ "id" : "040-002841179", "parent" : "036-002841178", "text" : "EAP323/2/1/1: Códice 290 (Recording of ordinances, and continues with the Government of the Illustrious Excellency Mr. João Pereira Caldas, Governor…" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002841177
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- EAP323/2/1 : Secretaria da Capitania (1649-1823) /__NEWLINE__Secretary of the Captaincy (1649-1823)
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- 032-002841177
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP323/2
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 420 Images in TIFF format
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP323-2
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Portuguese
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1649
- End Date:
- 1823
- Date Range:
- 1649-1823
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only
- Custodial History:
- Material in this collection was created as part of the EAP323 Endangered African diaspora collections of the state of Pará in the Amazon region of Brazil project. It created digital copies of records held by the Arquivo Público do Estado do Pará. In 1891, scattered archival collections of the former State of Grão Pará and Maranhão were incorporated to the public library. In 1901, the arrangement was formalized with the creation of the Biblioteca e Arquivo Público do Estado do Pará and remained unaltered until 1986, when library and archive became autonomous government agencies; both subordinate to the Secretary of Culture. It is one of the most important archives of the Amazon region due the privileged situation of Belém, which remained capital of the Portuguese Amazonia for several years. It houses an enormous number of manuscripts; mainly from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The collection holds a unique historical value for the knowledge of the local history and its connections with Europe, Africa, the Americas, and other parts of Brazil. The documentation is divided into three major collections covering subjects related to Executive, Legislative, and Judicial powers during the three major time periods of the Brazilian history: Colonial Period (1500-1822), Imperial Period (1822-1889), and Republican Period (since 1889). The collection of the Judiciary was formed randomly through the years. At different time and circumstances, judges and public notaries concerned with the safeguard of their collections sent archival material to the APEP.
- Former External References:
- Executivo (Executive)
- Source of Acquisition:
- Received from Mr Carlos Liberato, June 2013 (Accession Records EAP323/1)
- Arrangement:
- The APEP holds approximately four million documents divided into three major collections: Executive, Judiciary, and Legislative. The APEP arranged the Executive collection using the following criteria: 1) by former creator/owner (Governor; secretaries, citizens, and civil organizations); 2) by topic (letters, acts and orders by or to public servants), and; 3) chronologically (by document).
- Administrative Context:
- EAP323 was funded by the Endangered Archives programme. It created digital copies of records held by the Arquivo Público do Estado do Pará (APEP)
- Information About Copies:
- Copies of the digital images are held at the Arquivo Público do Estado do Pará and The Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples.
- Information About Originals:
- Arquivo Público do Estado do Pará Secretaria da Capitania Secretaria da Presidência da Província
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)