Brazil was the American society that received the largest contingent of African slaves in the Americas and was the longest lasting slave regime in the Western Hemisphere. 'Slavery in Brazil' is the first complete modern survey of the institution of slavery in Brazil and how it affected the lives of
Slavery in Brazil
โ Scribed by Klein, Herbert S.;Luna, Francisco Vidal
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Edition
- 1. ed
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
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.
โฆ 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.
โฆ Subjects
Blacks--Brazil--History;Brazil--Civilization--African influences;Esclavitud--Brasil--Historia;Esclavos--Brasil;Freedmen--Brazil--History;Sklaverei;Slavery--Brazil--History;Slaves--Brazil--History;Slavery;Slaves;Blacks;Civilization--African influences;Freedmen;History;Blacks -- Brazil -- History;Freedmen -- Brazil -- History;Slavery -- Brazil -- History;Slaves -- Brazil -- History;Brazil -- Civilization -- African influences;Esclavitud -- Brasil -- Historia;Esclavos -- Brasil;Civilization -- Afri
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