Slavery in BrazilBrazil was the American society that received the largest contingent of African slaves in the Americas and the longest lasting slave regime in the Western Hemisphere. This is the first complete modern survey of the institution of slavery in Brazil and how it affected the lives of enslaved Africans. It is based on major new research on the institution of slavery and the role of Africans and their descendants in Brazil. Although Brazilians have incorporated many of the North American debates about slavery, they have also developed a new set of questions about slave holding: the nature of marriage, family, religion, and culture among the slaves and free colored; the process of manumission; and the rise of the free colored class during slavery. It is the aim of this book to introduce the reader to this latest research, both to elucidate the Brazilian experience and to provide a basis for comparisons with all other American slave systems. |
Contents
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Slavery and the Economy in the Eighteenth Century | 35 |
Slavery and the Economy in the Nineteenth Century | 74 |
The Economics of Slavery | 115 |
BRAZILIAN SLAVE SOCIETY | 151 |
Slave Resistance and Rebellion | 189 |
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ABEP abolition African slaves Afro-Brazilian alforria American Atlantic slave trade average Bahia Brasileira Brazil Brazilian census colonial Colonial Brazil Creole decline Dissertacao de mestrado district Dutch economic Editora eighteenth century Encontro Nacional engenhos Escravidao escravos estates estimated Estudos Populacionais European export familia escrava fazendas finally first forros Francisco Vidal Francisco Vidal Luna free colored free persons ganho GRAPH growth History important Indian irmandades Joao José Juiz Juiz de Fora Klein labor force liberdade libertos livres major males manumission manumitted Maria marriages married masters Minas Gerais Mineira nineteenth century number of slaves Paraiba paulista percent period Pernambuco planters port Porto Alegre Portuguese province quilombos rates regions Reis Revista Rio de Janeiro Salvador Salvador de Bahia Santos Sao Paulo século XIX século XVIII self-purchase senhores slave labor slave owners slave population slave societies slaveholdings slavery social studies sugar production tabela trabalho urban Vila Rica women workers zones