Entre as pessoas mais gradas do município: a trajetória do Capitão Gaspar José Soares, um político negro no pós-abolição da Baixada Fluminense (1864-1955)

Abstract

The central object which orientates this research is the trajectory of Captain Gaspar José Soares, a black polititian entrepreneur and active individual in the municipality of Nova Iguaçu, Baixada Fluminense in the post-abolition period. The historical moment pictured herein stays between the limiting boundaries of the end of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century. Time in which he grew up and developed his main activities. It's our purpose here to investigate his role as a local political entrepreneur, to map out his network, observe how he articulated socially and the importance of this articulation in his process of political, social and economic growth. By annalising his strategic actions in the political game field, his diversification of working arrangements plus commercial alliances, we intend to come to a conclusion whether all these moves were associated with the reason of why he was able to excell reaching a certain social and political prominence in this region.