Dutra's World

Dutra's World PDF Author: Zephyr L. Frank
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826334114
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Get Book Here

Book Description
The impact of slavery in 19th century Brazil is examined through the life of one typical slave owner who was also a former slave.

Dutra's World

Dutra's World PDF Author: Zephyr L. Frank
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826334114
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Get Book Here

Book Description
The impact of slavery in 19th century Brazil is examined through the life of one typical slave owner who was also a former slave.

The Sacred Cause

The Sacred Cause PDF Author: Jeffrey Needell
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 1503611035
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 542

Get Book Here

Book Description
For centuries, slaveholding was a commonplace in Brazil among both whites and people of color. Abolition was only achieved in 1888, in an unprecedented, turbulent political process. How was the Abolitionist movement (1879-1888) able to bring an end to a form of labor that was traditionally perceived as both indispensable and entirely legitimate? How were the slaveholders who dominated Brazil's constitutional monarchy compelled to agree to it? To answer these questions, we must understand the elite political world that abolitionism challenged and changed—and how the Abolitionist movement evolved in turn. The Sacred Cause analyzes the relations between the movement, its Afro-Brazilian following, and the evolving response of the parliamentary regime in Rio de Janeiro. Jeffrey Needell highlights the significance of racial identity and solidarity to the Abolitionist movement, showing how Afro-Brazilian leadership, organization, and popular mobilization were critical to the movement's identity, nature, and impact.

The Hierarchies of Slavery in Santos, Brazil, 1822–1888

The Hierarchies of Slavery in Santos, Brazil, 1822–1888 PDF Author: Ian Read
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804778558
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295

Get Book Here

Book Description
Despite the inherent brutality of slavery, some slaves could find small but important opportunities to act decisively. The Hierarchies of Slavery in Santos, Brazil, 1822–1888 explores such moments of opportunity and resistance in Santos, a Southeastern township in Imperial Brazil. It argues that slavery in Brazil was hierarchical: slaves' fleeting chances to form families, work jobs that would not kill or maim, avoid debilitating diseases, or find a (legal or illegal) pathway out of slavery were highly influenced by their demographic background and their owners' social position. By tracing the lives of slaves and owners through multiple records, the author is able to show that the cruelties that slaves faced were not equally shared. One important implication is that internal stratification likely helped perpetuate slavery because there was the belief, however illusionary, that escaping captivity was not necessary for social mobility.

Wage-Earning Slaves

Wage-Earning Slaves PDF Author: Claudia Varella
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 1683401921
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 237

Get Book Here

Book Description
Wage-Earning Slaves is the first systematic study of coartación, a process by which slaves worked toward purchasing their freedom in installments, long recognized as a distinctive feature of certain areas under Spanish colonial rule in the nineteenth century. Focusing on Cuba, this book reveals that instead of providing a “path to manumission,” the process was often rife with obstacles that blocked slaves from achieving liberty. Claudia Varella and Manuel Barcia trace the evolution of coartación in the context of urban and rural settings, documenting the lived experiences of slaves through primary sources from many different archives. They show that slave owners grew increasingly intolerant and abusive of the process, and that the laws of coartación were not often followed in practice. The process did not become formalized as a contract between slaves and their masters until 1875, after abolition had already come. Varella and Barcia discuss how coartados did not see an improvement in their situation at this time, but essentially became wage-earning slaves as they continued serving their former owners. The exhaustive research in this volume provides valuable insight into how slaves and their masters negotiated with each other in the ever-changing economic world of nineteenth-century Cuba, where freedom was not always absolute and where abuses and corruption most often prevailed.

Death, Dismemberment, and Memory

Death, Dismemberment, and Memory PDF Author: Lyman L. Johnson
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826332011
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380

Get Book Here

Book Description
The long history of the politically symbolic use of the bodies, or body parts, of martyred heroes in Latin America.

Slaves, Subjects, and Subversives

Slaves, Subjects, and Subversives PDF Author: Jane Landers
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826323972
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332

Get Book Here

Book Description
A comprehensive study of African slavery in the colonies of Spain and Portugal in the New World.

Malintzin's Choices

Malintzin's Choices PDF Author: Camilla Townsend
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826334053
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Get Book Here

Book Description
The complicated life of the real woman who came to be known as La Malinche.

From Slavery to Freedom in Brazil

From Slavery to Freedom in Brazil PDF Author: Dale Torston Graden
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826340511
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332

Get Book Here

Book Description
The political and religious forces which led to the decline of the slave trade in nineteenth century Bahia, Brazil.

Local Religion in Colonial Mexico

Local Religion in Colonial Mexico PDF Author: Martin Austin Nesvig
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826334022
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Get Book Here

Book Description
The ten essays in Local Religion in Colonial Mexico provide information about the religious culture in colonial Mexico.

Plaza of Sacrifices

Plaza of Sacrifices PDF Author: Elaine Carey
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826335456
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Get Book Here

Book Description
On October 2, 1968, up to 700 students were killed by government authorities while protesting in Mexico City - many of them women. This analysis of the role of women in the protest movement shows how the events of 1968 shaped modern Mexican society.