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Author Read, Ian (Ian William Olivo), 1976-

Title The hierarchies of slavery in Santos, Brazil, 1822-1888 / Ian Read.

Publication Info. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 275 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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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Subject Enslaved persons -- Brazil -- Santos (São Paulo) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Enslaved persons.
Brazil -- Santos (São Paulo)
Social conditions.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Slaveholders -- Brazil -- Santos (São Paulo) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Slaveholders.
Slavery -- Social aspects -- Brazil -- Santos (São Paulo) -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Social aspects.
History.
Slavery.
Social status -- Brazil -- Santos (São Paulo) -- History -- 19th century.
Social status.
Santos (São Paulo, Brazil) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Read, Ian (Ian William Olivo), 1976- Hierarchies of slavery in Santos, Brazil, 1822-1888. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2012 (DLC) 2011040195
ISBN 9780804778558 (electronic book)
0804778558 (electronic book)
9780804774147 (alkaline paper)
0804774145