MEMÓRIA DA ABOLIÇÃO NA MAÇONARIA PAULISTA

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the construction of the memory of abolition in São Paulo Freemasonry. For this study we examined the way in which the representations of Freemasons articulated with the desire to construct the Masonic memory of abolition in public space. At first, the contextualization of the paths taken by the Paulista Freemasonry in its ascension, decay and successive struggle for the recovery of its memory in the history of Brazil was realized. Then it was discussed how Freemasonry has built a place of memory in the city of Sao Paulo. Finally, the emergence of a Masonic literature called celebrative in the 1970s was analyzed and its aim was to disseminate and consolidate the positive and evocative narratives of the Masonic organization.