Quilombolas: história e luta pela titulação de seu território, 2003 - tempo presente, Campos Novos/SC

Abstract

Through press sources and the minutes of Associação Remanescente de Quilombos da Invernada dos Negros (ARQIN) this research seeks to analyze the constitution and forms of struggle for the rights and the performance of Movimento Quilombo Negro in Campos Novos / SC, in the turn of the century XX to XXI. We also seek to understand how the local society stood in front of that movement, since the Quilombolas left the invisibility of social visibility. The quilombola community in Campos Novos is formed by heirs descendants of the will left by the farmer Matheus José de Souza who in 1877 allocated approximately eight hectares of land to eight slaves and three slaves freed. However, over time the descendants were being expropriated and losing the land. In 2003, organized by the Associação Remanescentes de Quilombos Invernada dos Negros (ARQIN) fight for their rights, among them the land tenure. The identity of these is linked to kinship and territory. It is the struggle for territory, moreover, that moves the formation of ARQIN.