Dimensão da população indígena incorporada ao Estado do Maranhão e Grão-Pará entre 1680 e 1750: uma ordem de grandeza

In this article, we estimate the number of Indians who were incorporated into the colonial society between 1680 and 1750 in the Amazon region. For this purpose, we gathered data and information from several sources and organized it according to the labor category or legal status by which the indigenous people were integrated. From them, we extracted numbers, made assessments and some possible projections. Finally, we compared the estimates of the period, in their respective contexts, with the results obtained by our own findings. This paper proposes a calculation methodology developed according to the diverse nature of sources and data. It also presents the results of our calculations on the free and slave indigenous population recruited – by legal and illegal means – in Colonial Amazon over 70 years, during the integration of the local economy to the Atlantic trade.