“E em cuja fé protesto viver e morrer na religião de Mahomet” Benedicto e Bebiana: islamismo e catolicismo nas trajetórias e experiências em Penedo-AL (1855-1893)

Abstract

This study aims to understand the experiences and trajectories of the black Muslim population of Penedo-Al in the second half of the 19th century. To this end, we used the onomastic method and the indicative paradigm of historian Carlo Ginzburg, in order to highlight the trajectories of the malês Africans identified. In this way, the most diverse sources such as newspapers, records of the purchase and sale of enslaved people, taxation on enslaved people, letters of release, parish and civil registry records, official letters about free Africans, brotherhood commitments, censuses, photographs and travelers' accounts made up the necessary arsenal. In light of the above, we sought to understand the social, economic, religious and fraternization relations of the African Muslims of Penedo, based on historian E.P. Thompson's concept of "experience".