Produção Nacional
Senhores sem escravos: a propósito das ações de escravidão no Brasil Imperial
2007; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.11606/issn.1808-8139.v0i6p4-13
ISSN1808-8139
Autores Tópico(s)Colonialism, slavery, and trade
ResumoThe aim of the article is to understand reenslavement practices in the 19th century area of the river Paraíba valley (Vale do Paraíba), whether they were really effetctive and what they meant for those who were involved. From the analysis of enslavement law suits, in which masters accused would-be slaves of pretending to be free, it seems to me that these masters had few assets in a moment when slaves prices were high. Therefore, enslavement law suits were the only means these masters had to try to get back what they considered to be their properties.
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