Descrição
This article analyzes the policies of a county government as described by the minutes of the meetings of Juiz de Fora's county council between 1866 and 1872 and published in O Pharol from 1876 to 1888. It focuses on the county govemment's priorities which, the minutes suggest, involved modernization projects; Juiz de Fora, the author suggests, was a vital society based on the exploitation of slave labor.||This article analyzes the policies of a county government as described by the minutes of the meetings of Juiz de Fora's county council between 1866 and 1872 and published in O Pharol from 1876 to 1888. It focuses on the county govemment's priorities which, the minutes suggest, involved modernization projects; Juiz de Fora, the author suggests, was a vital society based on the exploitation of slave labor.||Análise do comportamento de uma Câmara Municipal através das atrás das Sessões da Câmara Municipal de Juiz de Fora, registradas no Livro de Atas entre 1866 e 1872 e publicadas no jornal “Pharol” de 1876 a 1888, procurando discernir quais suas prioridades, as quais apontam para um objeto de modernização visando demonstrar a vitalidade de uma sociedade fundamentada na exploração do trabalho escravo.
