Liberdade e medo: o impacto das ideias liberais no Rio de Janeiro do Primeiro Reinado Translated title: Freedom and Fear: The Impact of Liberal Ideas in Rio de Janeiro during the First Reign

Abstract

RESUMO Os ideais liberais da revolução do Porto reconheciam a representação popular e o governo pautado em leis. Se havia o medo do retorno do absolutismo, temia-se sobretudo a forma como as ideias liberais se desenhariam em solo brasileiro e impactariam a vida dos indivíduos. Portanto, aumentou-se o controle e a vigilância no que se referia às ideias que circulavam e àqueles que desembarcavam no Brasil, dado que a Corte era multiétnica e multirracial, conhecendo bem o que ocorria no mundo atlântico. Havia um constitucionalismo popular entre trabalhadores brancos pobres, escravos e libertos, os quais esperavam um tratamento igualitário perante a lei. Tais indivíduos não pertenciam a partidos políticos ou a movimentos sociais organizados coletivamente, agindo individualmente e, às vezes, como membros de algum grupo profissional. A circulação transnacional dessas ideias acaba contribuindo para a queda de D. Pedro I.

Translated abstract

ABSTRACT The liberal ideals of the Porto Revolution recognized popular representation and government based on laws. If there was a fear of the return of absolutism, there was especially a fear of how liberal ideas would be drawn on Brazilian soil and impact the lives of the citizens. Therefore, there was increased control and vigilance regarding the ideas that circulated and those who landed in Brazil, since the Court was multiethnic and multiracial, knowing well what was happening in the Atlantic world. There was a popular constitutionalism among poor white workers, slaves and freedmen, who expected equal treatment under the law. These people did not belong to political parties or collectively organized social movements, but acted individually and sometimes as members of some professional group. The transnational circulation of these ideas ended up contributing to the fall of Pedro I.