"Uma esmola pelo amor de Deus": caridade, filantropia e controle social (Juiz de Fora, 1870-1930)

This article analyzes thediscussions around the charity andtheir consequences for the labourmarket in face of the crisis of theslave system in the last decades ofthe century XIX. In this context, thedebates are deepened around thereform care practices and of theinstitutions gone back to the help tothe poor and destitute.