Lately, several studies have explored the role of black people in Santa Catarina in the period after emancipation. These works have analyzed characters, policy actions, social connections, cultural streams and racial dialogues. The aim of this paper is to present an initial inquiry about this academic out put and at the same time, to point out questions, discuss problems and identify the challenges of this new area of research.
black protagonism; Brazilian historiography; post-abolition; State of Santa Catarina; Brazil