Abstract
This article focuses on analyzing the nascent Capital Goods and Production Goods industry in Brazil in the 19th century. This iron industry was composed of steel and metallurgical establishments that produced machinery and equipment to serve various businesses that made use of the enslaved, such as shipping and sugar plantations, and also to supply machinery to other factories, particularly steam machines. These modern facilities not only employed enslaved Africans, but also became part of the slave economy. When mapping this sector of the Iron Industry, it is possible to identify the existence of enterprises not yet analyzed by the historiography and to observe their relationship with the State through pleas at the Court of the Board of Commerce (Tribunal da Junta de Comercio).