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Antônio Pires Ferreira
Antônio Pires Ferreira (1799–1877) was an important farmer from the states of Piauí and Maranhão. He built Engenho Paraíso, the most important ''engenho'' from Maranhão and household for the maranho-piauiense branch of the Pires Ferreira family. Biography Antônio Pires Ferreira was born on 21 January 1799 on Santo Agostinho farm, São Bernardo, Maranhão, São Bernardo (today, Magalhães de Almeida). He was the son of José Pires Ferreira with Marianna de Deus Castro Diniz, being the youngest of the four siblings. He inherited the Santo Agostinho, Bacuri, Sambaíba, Santa Maria, Santo Inácio and Melancias farms from his father and became a farmer himself. He also incorporated the São Felipe and Capim farms to his property. He used slave labor to produce and process sugar, rice, cotton, cachaça, cassava, babaçu, Carnaúba palm, carnaúba and he also had cattle. He built Engenho Paraíso at fazenda Paraíso to pursue his economic goals. This was the most important ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Bernardo, Maranhão
São Bernardo, Maranhão is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil. It is located at a latitude 03º21'41 "South and a longitude 42º25'04" West, being at an altitude of 43 meters. Its population is 28,667 inhabitants, according to estimate of the IBGE in 2020 and an extension territorial 1,006.920 km². Foundation Day is 29 March 1938 The current Mayor is '' João Igor'' (2017 - 2020) of PMDB. HISTORY ''Much has been speculated on the Marco initial of civilization in the territory in which today is installed the city of São Bernardo. However, nothing you can say categorically, in view of the absence of documentation. remains the tradition that the first invested in the territory municipal if processed through the priests Jesuits, in the eighteenth century. really, in the year 1700, driven by the sublime ideal released to the task of catechize Indians, for what had to embroiled by dense forests and inhospitable stops, coming to the locati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |