Slavery in Brazil /

Slavery in Brazil / Herbert S. Klein, Francisco Vidal Luna.

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This is a complete modern survey of the institution of slavery in Brazil and how it affected the lives of enslaved Africans. It is based on research on the institution of slavery and the role of Africans and their descendants in Brazil.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Klein, Herbert S.
Other Authors: Luna, Francisco Vidal
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Slavery > Brazil > History.
Enslaved persons > Brazil > History.
Freed persons > Brazil > History.
Black people > Brazil > History.
Black people.
Civilization > African influences.
Freed persons.
Slavery.
Enslaved persons.
Brazil > Civilization > African influences.
Brazil.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Origins of the African slavery in Brazil
  • The establishment of African slavery in Brazil in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
  • Slavery and the economy in the eighteenth century
  • Slavery and the economy in the nineteenth century
  • The economics of slavery
  • Life, death and migration in Afro-Brazilian slave society
  • Slave resistance and rebellion
  • Family, kinship and community
  • Freedmen in a slave society
  • Transition from slavery to freedom.

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