The Economy of Sergipe between 1800 and 1874: Wealth Composition and Its Regional Variations

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https://doi.org/10.29182/hehe.v28i4.1087

Abstract

This study examines the composition of estates in Sergipe between 1800 and 1874. To do so, we created series from a collection of 3,430 probate records, divided into 25-year intervals. This method allows us to trace changes in assets and the distribution of wealth, offering a comparison of how property ownership evolved across different regions of Sergipe over time. The findings highlight how processes such as the growth of sugarcane production, diversification of agriculture, population growth, and political-administrative restructuring led to significant shifts in asset management and financial practices throughout the 19th century whose territorial variations delineate the province's economic regions.

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Fernanda Carolina Pereira dos Santos, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)

Doutoranda em História pela Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF. Mestra (2022) e Graduada (2020) em História pela Universidade Federal de Sergipe - UFS. Integrante do Grupo de Pesquisa Mundo Atlântico e Colonização Portuguesa (CNPq/UFS) e do NEPHES: Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisa em História Econômica e Social (CNPq/UFF). Bolsista CNPq. 

Carlos de Oliveira Malaquias, Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)

É professor do Departamento de História da Universidade Federal de Sergipe e do Programa de Pós Graduação em História. Doutorou-se em História pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2014), onde concluiu seu mestrado em 2010. Possui graduação em História pela Universidade Federal de São João Del-Rei (2007). É líder do Grupo de Pesquisa "Mundo Atlântico e Colonização Portuguesa" (CNPq/UFS) e pesquisador participante do Grupo de Pesquisa "Escravismo Colonial" (CNPq/UFMG).

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2025-11-06

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SANTOS, Fernanda Carolina Pereira dos; MALAQUIAS, Carlos de Oliveira. The Economy of Sergipe between 1800 and 1874: Wealth Composition and Its Regional Variations. Economic History & Business History, [S. l.], v. 28, n. 4, 2025. DOI: 10.29182/hehe.v28i4.1087. Disponível em: https://mail.hehe.org.br/index.php/rabphe/article/view/1087. Acesso em: 27 nov. 2025.

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Vol. 28 No. 4 (2025)

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