1850 and 2012, Exclusion to Law: Antagonistic Documents and Education Quilombola school in Brazil

Abstract

In this article we describe an antagonistic comparison of two documents of the Brazilian imperial period (1850 and 1854) with a recent document of the Brazilian republic (2012). The 1850 document is Law number 601, known as the Land Law, while the 1854 document is Decree 1331 which regulates education in the municipality of the Court. The 2012 document is Resolution 08 of the National Education Council on the Guidelines for Quilombola School Education. Through documentary analysis, we seek to analyze and reflect on the counterpoints between the colonial period and the democratic period. Such documents, when signed by the Emperor show the exclusion of these peoples, while the inclusion is made in another document signed by a president of the republic. We conclude that the exclusion of members of the Quilombos, officially in the nineteenth century, has undergone profound changes when compared to the rights won in the XXI century, but in some points still remains a reality of difficulties in the field of education, land and racism.