CONTEMPORARY SLAVE LABOR IN THE REGION OF BICO DO PAPAGAIO - TOCANTINS

LIVES CUT SHORT

Abstract

Contemporary slave labor in the state of Tocantins, especially in the region of Bico do Papagaio, has one of the highest rates, in which men and women are subjected to exploitation on farms in various activities. Therefore, the objective is to analyze contemporary slave labor and the violence against the victims by the executioners, in addition to public policies of prevention and punishment for the owners of the means of production who use this practice as a reproductive form of capital, in the North and Far North (Bico do Papagaio) of the State of Tocantins. The exploitation and overexploitation of workers who are victims of such atrocities linked to the production and reproduction of capital, is in disagreement with Article 149 of the Brazilian Penal Code, universal rights, as well as attentive to the dignity of the human person and other provisions expressed in the Federal Constitution of 1988. The methodology used bibliographic and documentary research on the theme under study. For a better understanding of the theme, a general analysis is made focused on conceptual and historical aspects, the evolution of slavery in Brazil, weaving a comparison of slavery that prevailed in the colonial and imperial period with that presented in contemporaneity.