Apropriações e comércio de terras na cidade de Cachoeira no contexto da imigração europeia (1850-1889)

Abstract

This work, which is linked to the Research Line Integration, Politic and Frontier from the Graduate Program in History of the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), searches to understand how the appropriation of lands in Cachoeira do Sul took place in the nineteenth century. Then, it aims to answer questions related to the Land Act law of 1850, and the legitimation of arising possessions. To accomplish this work, we used as source the Parochial Land Registers, the processes of legitimation from possessions and books of Transmissions and Notes regarding to Cachoeira do Sul in the second half of the XIX century. The analysis showed that the legitimation was part of the privatization process of forest lands. Besides, they were subject of buying and selling that constitute an active trade of lands on the surroundings of the Colônia de Santo Ângelo. This process of commercialization involved a group of merchants, which were associated with each other and converged to the figure of the Notary from the city of Cachoeira.