Land Law in Imperial Brazil and the Indians of the Southern Plateau: the political and diplomatic struggle of Kaingang Vitorino Condá (1845-1870)

ABSTRACT

The aim of the study is to analyze land legislation in Imperial Brazil based on its principal law, the Land Law, the conditions in which it was forged, as well as its influence over the indigenous lands of the Southern Plateau. The focus of the investigation is the struggle of Kaingang Vitorino Condá for his lands, from his political meeting with the Earl of Caxias in 1845, until his death in 1870. Although the political and diplomatic actions of the first people, occurring both within the legislation and outside it, did not totally dominate the judicial strategies of the invaders of their land, took advantage of its possibilities of interpretation, which allowed the permanence of lines of action aimed at establishing a space where it was possible to raise the next generations and ensure the continuity of his people.

Keywords:
Imperial Brazil; Land; Kaingang