In search of moral freedom: the daily lives of ex-slaves and their descendants after the abolition in Campinas in the first decades of the twentieth century

O presente estudo disserta sobre a vida cotidiana dos ex-escravos, ex-libertos e seus descendentes no Brasil pós-emancipação. Tem por escopo atingir, ainda que parcialmente, o que teria sido para esses sujeitos sua experiência dentro deste contexto social de profunda transformação. O recorte espacial é a cidade de Campinas, sobretudo sua porção urbana. Cidade essa que, por ser importante pólo econômico no século XIX, adquiriu uma população escrava considerável. Quanto à temporalidade, o texto abrange três décadas; a começar pelo grande evento (a abolição formal do cativeiro) e a findar nas primeiras duas décadas do século XX. Alcançar os conflitos existentes nessa sociedade e, ao mesmo tempo, entender os referenciais culturais dos agentes envolvidos, são as maiores ambições desse texto.This work aims to study the routine of ex-slaves, ex-freedmen and their descendants in Brazilian\'s society of post-emancipation. My intent on researching this question, even though partially, is what would have been for these historical subjects mentioned their experience within this context of such deep social transformation. The spatial area is the city of Campinas, especially its urban part. This area, in its turn, was an important economic centre in the nineteenth century and consequently had a considerable population of slaves. Concerning about the temporality, the text covers three decades, starting with the big event (the formal abolition of slavery system) and ending in the first two decades of the twentieth century. To understand the conflicts in this society and, at the same time, knowing about the cultural references of the agents who were involved with are the greatest ambitions of this text