O rapto da Jureminha : testemunhos e interpretações sobre um crime na província de Sergipe (1864-2009)

Abstract

This research seeks to analyze testimonies and compare the narratives produced about the abduction of the young Joana Ladislau de Faro Jurema (1849-?), In 1864, at the Massapê mill, the Laranjeiras term in the Sergipe province. Joana, 15 years old, had been kidnapped by Braz de Maciel, a boy also from the sugar elite Sergipana. After 21 days of persecution among forests, swamps, sugarcane plantations, sites and mills, the kidnapping was discontinued, which was widely reported in the Sergipe and Rio de Janeiro press. This research is based on documental narratives and legiographical legacy by authors such as Jonata Filadelfo, Zózimo Lima, Emmanuel Franco, Antonio Travassos and Ibarê Dantas, in addition to the news from Sergipe and Rio de Janeiro newspapers. The newspapers analyzed are available in the Digital Library of the National Library, referring to the provinces of Rio de Janeiro and Sergipe. In them we locate information about the kidnapping, from the search of keywords, such as the names of Faro Jurema and Braz Maciel