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 Lucia Maria Bastos Pereira das Neves The forgotten in the independence process: a history to be made

Almanack, Guarulhos, n. 25, ef00220, 2020 http://doi.org/10.1590/2236-463325ef00220 Portugal and the history of Brazil based on prophetic literature and Portuguese chronicles, especially in Bandarra’s prophecies. Gonçalo Annes Bandarra was a Portuguese shoemaker of the 16th century and author of troves that were linked to sebastianism and Portuguese millenarianism. At every moment of tension and crisis in Portugal, the troves were reissued, as in the time of the Napoleonic invasions, resuming the myth of the Encoberto, that is, the return of King D. Sebastião to remove the kingdom from the deep crisis he experienced. Little is known about Barbosa Correa, author of the pamphlet, except what he describes in his pamphlet. Coming from Minas Gerais, he said he was a “sheep victim of wolves”, as the prophecies of Bandarra indicated: “I see the wolves eat / The beheaded sheep / The mounted cows / And the lambs groan”. He had a farm in Minas, where he cultivated, with 12 slaves, whatever allowed him to survive. Since March 2nd, 1819, however, when he went to the Court of Rio de Janeiro, he had to commit a slave named Fortunato to pay his expenses. This situation was the result of the arrest of his brother-in-law by order of the District Ordinance Commander. Barbosa Correa had taken the side of his brother-in-law, publicly calling the commander incapable. Despite having filed a complaint with the governor of the province - D. Manoel de Portugal e Castro -, he suffered persecution, this being his great crime, which made his wife a widow, although she had a husband, and his children, orphans but having a father. But what did Antônio Barbosa Correa preach? What was his interpretation on the Brazilian Independence process? Forum