Imprensa "portuguesa" do Maranhão no Primeiro Reinado (1825-1828)

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the press known as “Portuguese” in Maranhão between the years 1825 and 1828, which includes the newspapers O Censor, O Amigo do Homem, A Bandurra and Minerva, considering the transformations that occurred in the province after the Independence and motivated the emergence of a broad political group operating under the epithet of “Portuguese”. The study focuses on understanding how this notion is mobilized in the press in the first years after Independence, mapping the profile of the main newspapers linked to this designation and their common characteristics. Bearing in mind that the printed media for that moment became spokesmen for the interests of different political groups, it was common for them to deal with political disputes in vogue, such as disagreements around provincial administration, debates related to the performance of the Comissão Mista BrazilPortugal, and indemnities and restitutions of “Portuguese” property, issues that demonstrate the concern of these editors to maintain their influence and that of their supporters in a moment of redefinition of the directions of politics and notions of identify and citizenship.