“De todos os pontos partirão reclamações”: cólera e medo no Piauí (1862-1866)

In 1856, the president of province Piauí, in his management report presented to Provincial Legislative Assembly, recorded incidence a horrible scourge Brazil, emphasizing that, due divine providence, it had not yet arrived Piauí lands. This was cholera. Thus, context ill empire, faced epidemics several diseases, including cholera, which “haunted” province. Therefore, objective present study reflect, based on documents from executive power, presence this disease second half 19th century and how affected imagination time regarding fear. The indicated that cholera disturbed Piauí’s population for fear its spread death contagion.