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People of faith : slavery and African Catholics in eighteenth-century Rio de Janeiro /

A historical account of how slaves taken from the Mina Coast (modern-day Benin) to Rio de Janeiro in the eighteenth century reconstructed their identities, partly through Catholic lay brotherhoods.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Soares, Mariza de Carvalho
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Portugués
Publicado: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2011.
Colección:Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From Ethiopia to Guinea
  • Commerce with the Mina coast
  • African "nations" and provenience groups
  • Urban life and brotherhoods in the city
  • Constructing a religious norm
  • Conflict and ethnic identity among Mahi.