De uma freguesia serra acima à costa atlântica: produção e comércio da aguardente na cidade de São Paulo (1765-1822)^*

Abstract

This article presents the conclusions of a research about the production and trade of liquor (the Brazilian sugarcane alcohol) in rural estates of a parish of the city of São Paulo, within the context of this product's trade in the Portuguese Empire at large between 1765 and 1822. The research was based on the Maços de População da Capital, a population census for the city of São Paulo, especially the 1802 issue, and the import-export maps produced by Customs at the port of the village of Santos for the Real Junta de Comércio [Royal Chamber of Commerce] in Rio de Janeiro.

Brazilian liquor; colonial trade; sugar mill owners; rural production; colonial parishes.