摘要：La América portuguesa contó con un importante contingente de misioneros que se encargaron del control y administración de los diferentes pueblos indígenas. Su labor se volvía fundamental en la consolidación de los nuevos territorios. En la Amazonia brasileña, en la frontera entre la Guayana holandesa y Brasil, grupos de indígenas y esclavos huidos (mocambos) del sistema esclavista supusieron un reto al control del estado. Con la independencia de Brasil, la demarcación de las fronteras nacionales se convertirá en un reto frente a las amenazas externas por parte de otras potencias. De nuevo se recurrirá a la labor de los misioneros, tras el fracaso de las expediciones militares, para atraer estas poblaciones indígenas y mocambeiras al margen del estado y poder fijar frontera.
其他摘要：Portuguese America had a large contingent of Catholic missionaries who took charge of the administration and control of the different groups of indigenous peoples. Their work was crucial for the control and consolidation of the new territories. For instance, in the Brazilian Amazon region, on the border between French Guyana and Brazil, both indigenous peoples and runaways slaves, who had escaped the slave system (Mocambos),were a threat to state control. As Brazil became independent, it became vital to fix the country’s frontiers, in the face of threats by other powerful countries. So, once again and after different military failures, the state called upon the missionaries to attract these “poblaciones of indigenous peoples as well as runaways slaves to the fringes of the territory so that the frontiers could definitely be established.
