The hierarchies of slavery in Santos, Brazil, 1822-1888 /
Despite the inherent brutality of slavery, some slaves could find small but important opportunities to act decisively. This book explores such moments of opportunity and resistance in Santos, a Southeastern township in Imperial Brazil. It argues that slavery in Brazil was hierarchical: slaves'...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press,
©2012.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Masters and their slaves. Neighborhoods and inequality
- Material and demographic changes
- Slave markets and networks
- Slaves and their masters. Family, work, and punishment
- Illness, recovery, and death
- Pathways to freedom : manumission and flight
- "Manumissionists," abolitionists, and emancipation.