Legacies of post-Abolition: historiography, invisibility and black collective associations in Laguna/SC

Abstract

In this article analyzes how afro-descendant population groups were erased from the history of the city of Laguna and the State of Santa Catarina, as well as the black territories created in a moment of urban reconfiguration.Through an analysis of the historiography of Santa Catarina and newspapers, it was seen that these two processes are linked and are parts of political projects of modernization of the State. Thus, the article presents the municipality of Laguna and its urban configurations at the turn of the century, then a debate on the historiography of Santa Catarina and the process of invisibleness of afro-descendant population groups and, finally, the black territories of this city.