%0 Journal Article %T Fam¨ªlias e alunos de origem africana no Maranh£¿o do s¨¦culo XIX %A Cruz %A Maril¨¦ia dos Santos %J Cadernos de Pesquisa %D 2011 %I Funda??o Carlos Chagas %R 10.1590/S0100-15742011000300015 %X this article demonstrates the existence of black families and the presence of children from these families in public schools of maranh£¿o, in the nineteenth century. based on a conjectural methodology newspapers ads of the nineteenth century were consulted and also codices relating to records of baptism, marriage, and documentation of the government secretary, located in the public archives of the state of maranh£¿o and public library benedito leite. %K blacks %K families %K schools %K maranh£¿o province. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0100-15742011000300015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en