The hierarchies of slavery in Santos, Brazil, 1822-1888 / Ian Read.
Material type: TextPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [(c)2012.]Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 275 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780804778558
- 0804778558
- Enslaved persons -- Brazil -- Santos (São Paulo) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Slaveholders -- Brazil -- Santos (São Paulo) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Slavery -- Social aspects -- Brazil -- Santos (São Paulo) -- History -- 19th century
- Social status -- Brazil -- Santos (São Paulo) -- History -- 19th century
- Santos (São Paulo, Brazil) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- HT1129.265
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Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Online Book | G. Allen Fleece Library Online | Non-fiction | HT1129.265 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Link to resource | Available | ocn774290211 |
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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' 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.
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