Antonio Carlos de Andrada: Itineraries of a "Brazilian Champion of Freedom" (1773-1823)
Antonio Carlos de Andrada; Independence of Brazil; Constitucionalism; ConstituentCortes of 1821-1822; Constituent Assembly of 1823
The present study proposes to historicize the itineraries of Antonio Carlos Ribeiro de AndradaMachado e Silva, in order to redo the paths taken by him and to understand how did he becomesuch an important leader in the political emancipation process in Brazil. On this historicizationexercise, we have looked into both the ascending strategies of the Andrada family on the village ofSantos and the intellectual academic formation of Antonio Carlos on the framework of theportuguese ilustrated reformism. Furthermore, the controversial experience of the Andrada on thecontext of colonial and judiciary administration was here scrutinized, with all due regard to hisparticipation in the Pernambuco Revolution of 1817. At last we did analyze his performance asdeputy on both brazilian and overseas constituent experiences: the Constituent Cortes of 1821-1822 and the Constituent Assembly of 1823. On these itineraries, a constitutionalist ideology and anativist anti-portuguese passion were strongly present, guiding Andrada’s combative and fierystatements.