Sylvester Escapes

' ' 21 Eurpedes salient Funes more on the social paper of this lady of slaves: Image of this lady, violent and without a doubt of strong personality, is associated to moments more significant of history of this mocambeiros, as it is inferred you say of them of the narrators, who when if them question of who its ancestor were enslaved, answer quickly: ' of Macambira Maria, a woman malvada' (…) 22 Analyzing the facts quilombolas, the author through the stories sample that generally in these happened the increase of the demography of the mocambos therefore, ' ' (…) the young young women and women passed nine months incomodadas.' ' A new family was appearing or being aumentada.' ' 23 In the escapes the feminine presence if shows a constant, therefore the families were the base of the system escravista, as well as the social organization of the Mocambos. (…) the escapes of families of slaves were frequent, as for example Honorato, slave of Mathias Alfonso, who, in the night of 4 of January of 1876, ran away besieges from it of the Coast of Amazon, took one would mount of the part of cinqentas arrobas and was folloied of the woman, Domingas, a tapuia that costuma to move of name, and aches s filhinhos (…) 24 With this, understands that the women in these resistncias on the part of the escapes that they had that to also make, since the families constituam could suffer retaliaes on the part from its gentlemen if they were in lands of the same ones. Still in this system of organization of the mocambos, Funes shows the woman as one of the main ones in the hierarchy of the quilombos where in the report on the arrest of quilombolas of the Hell, Cipotema, and Coxange in the River Curu.' ' (…) in the relation of the imprisoned mocambeiros they appear: Caxange Joo, head of mocambo; Sebastio, head and reformador of the Mocambo; Manoel, Vicar of the Mocambo; Ana Joaquina, queen of the Mocambo; Sylvester, Listener; Cartano; sacristo. .