Ana Rosa Cloclet da Silva

Constitucionalismo, autonomismos e os riscos da "mal-entendida liberdade": a gestação do liberalismo moderado em Minas Gerais, de 1820 a 1822

This paper analyzes the impacts and dynamics of the appropriation of constitutionalism in the province of Minas Gerais, between 1820 and 1822. To this end, it focus on two kinds of priorities that, at the context of the Ancient Regimes crisis and its overcoming, oriented trends and political views of the local groups: respectively, the preservation of old political and economic autonomies, and the established mechanisms of reiteration of social hierarchy. At the context of Independence, these priorities have been politicized by directing the formation of a moderate liberal posture in denial to the two supposedly threatening extremes: the risk of despotism and anarchy, whose meanings are to be qualified in this article.

Entre Cádiz, Lisboa e Minas Gerais. Repercussões do Constitucionalismo à luz do contexto social mineiro (1820-22) .

espanolEste articulo analiza el impacto y las dinâmicas de apropiacion del constitucionalismo en la America Portuguesa, entre 1820 y 1822. Para esto se focaliza en la percepcion que las autoridades locales y metropolitanas tuvieron acerca de la realidad social de la provincia de Minas Gerais, que por entonces estaba compuesta por un gran contingente de esclavos y hombres libres de color, cuyas demandas y formas de actuacion fueron asociadas a supuestos “riesgos de anarquia”. Esto repercutio en el rechazo a las bases de la Constitucion de Cadiz, provisoriamente adoptadas por las Cortes de Lisboa, por el entonces presidente del gobierno provisorio de la provincia. EnglishThis article analyzes the impact and the dynamics of the appropriation of constitutionalism in Portuguese colonies in America between 1820 and 1822. It focuses on the perception that local and metropolitan authorities had about the social reality of the Minas Gerais province that at the time was made up primarily of a large contingent of slaves and free men of color whose demands and behavior were associated with a supposed “anarchy risk”. This resulted in the rejection of the Constitution of Cadiz, previously adopted by the Lisbon parliament, by the then president of the provisional government of the province. portuguesEste artigo analisa os impactos e a dinâmica da apropriacao do constitucionalismo na America portuguesa, entre 1820 e 1822. Para tanto, focaliza a percepcao das autoridades locais e metropolitanas acerca da realidade social da provincia de Minas Gerais, naquele momento composta por um grande contingente de escravos e homens livres de cor, cujas demandas e formas de atuacao foram associadas aos supostos “riscos de anarquia”, repercutindo na expressa recusa das Bases da Constituicao de Cadiz - provisioriamente adotadas pelas Cortes de Lisboa – pelo entao presidente do Governo Provisorio da Provincia