Territórios do charque em Jaguarão, RS: patrimônio, memória e diáspora africana na fronteira meridional do Brasil

Abstract

This Phd’s dissertation analyzes the beef jerky plantations from Jaguarão, a city located at the South region of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in the frontier with Uruguay. From the beginning of nineteenth century, Jaguarão beef jerky plantations were located in the shores of Jaguarão river and its afluents. Therefore, they were located strategically in the Uruguay borders, allowing the cattle traffic and the flows of commodities. They were marked also by a large African and Afro-descedent population who were enslaved in that places to produce the beef jerky. On the left shore of Jaguarão river there are currently a lot of beef jerky plantations ruines and structures. This research aims to shed some light in these plantations, calling attention to their potencial for future researches about local cultural heritage and African diaspora process.