Current Trends in Slavery Studies in Brazil /

African slaves were brought into Brazil as early as 1530, with abolition in 1888. During those three centuries, Brazil received 4,000,000 Africans, over four times as many as any other American destination. Comparatively speaking, Brazil received 40% of the total number of Africans brought to the Am...

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Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors:	Abreu, Martha (Contributor), Alfagali, Crislayne (Contributor), Conermann, Stephan (Editor), Cruz Terra, Paulo (Contributor, Editor), Dias Paes, Mariana (Contributor, Editor), Hofmeister Pich, Roberto (Contributor, Editor), Mamigonian, Beatriz G. (Contributor), Moritz Schwarcz, Lilia (Contributor), Parron, Tâmis (Contributor), Pereira Toledo Machado, Maria Helena (Contributor), Pirola, Ricardo F. (Contributor), Popinigis, Fabiane (Contributor), Zeron, Carlos A. de M. R. (Contributor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]
Series:	Dependency and Slavery Studies , 7
Subjects:	Abschaffung der Sklaverei. Geschichte Brasiliens. Sklaverei. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery. history of Brazil. slavery: abolition. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	African slaves were brought into Brazil as early as 1530, with abolition in 1888. During those three centuries, Brazil received 4,000,000 Africans, over four times as many as any other American destination. Comparatively speaking, Brazil received 40% of the total number of Africans brought to the Americas, while the US received approximately 10%. Due to this huge influx of Africans, today Brazil's African-descended population is larger than the population of most African countries. Therefore, it is no surprise that Slavery Studies are one of the most consolidated fields in Brazilian historiography. In the last decades, a number of discussions have flourished on issues such as slave agency, slavery and law, slavery and capitalism, slave families, demography of slavery, transatlantic slave trade, abolition et cetera In addition to these more consolidated fields, current research has focused on illegal enslavement, global perspectives on slavery and the slave trade, slavery and gender, the engagement of different social groups in the abolitionist movement or Atlantic connections. Taking into consideration these new trends of Brazilian slavery studies, this volume of collected articles gives leading scholars the chance to present their research to a broader academic community. Thus, the interested reader get to know in more detail these current trends in Brazilian historiography on slavery.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (VI, 339 pages).
ISBN:	9783111026527 3111026523
ISSN:	2701-1127 ;