Origin of the name

The name “Maragogi” drift of language Tupi spoken by the Indians pitiguares that inhabited the north coast of current Alagoas. In the century XVI appears the orthography “mariguis”, and in the century XVII the Dutchmen writes “mariguiji”. there is also “maraguí” coming from the Tupi “moerú - guí - í”, that it means “mosquitos river”.

Fonte: Secretaria de Cultura de Maragogi

Cabanos war

The War of the 
                Cabanos started as an armed restoring movement, that had for 
                objective to bring in return to the throne of Brazil, Emperor D. 
                Peter I, who renounces and comes back Portugal. The war is 
                initiated enters May and June of 1832, with raises them of 
                Antonio Timóteo de Andrade, in Panelas de Miranda, the 
                pernambucano wasteland, and João Baptist of Araújo, in the beach 
                of Barra Grandee, today town of the city of Maragogi/AL. In 26 
                of October of 1832, provincial troops kill in combat, the leader 
                Antonio Timóteo de Andrade and Admiral Tamandaré arrests the 
                leader João Baptist of Araújo in his house, in the beach of 
                Barra Grande. Between November of 1832 and January of 1834, he 
                commands it of the war passes to the popular forces, being the 
                general commander Vicente de Paula of the Rebellion Hut. He 
                unified with slaves Papa-Meis, who lived run away from the 
                slavery in the bushes. He initiated the attacks to the 
                device-of-sugar to free the enslaved blacks. For a short period  
                had the support of the kariri indians and many others indians. 
                The cabanos, in one maneuver guerrilla try to take the town of 
                the Barra Grande, but they are ranks in escape for the 
                provincial troops there. They go back under strong shoot until 
                the town of Gamela (city of Maragogi), and they arrive there at 
                the beach of São Bento, where all them was killed. 

                The black Papa-Meis (thus called the enslaved blacks that they 
                ran away from the slavery of the devices and they hide in the 
                bushes) adhere to the rebellion and change the routes of the war: 
                they now fight the cabanos for the release of the slaves, also 
                attacking the sugar devices and occupy lands. The war finishes 
                in January of 1850, when was imprisoned Vicente de Paula in the 
                bushes of Mato Frio for the provincial troops and envoy to the 
                penitentiary of Island of Fernando De Noronha.

Fonte: Dirceu Lindolfo (Historiador)