A black jurist in a slave society : Antonio Pereira Rebouças and the trials of Brazilian citizenship / Keila Grinberg ; translated by Kristin M. McGuire ; foreword by Barbara Weinstein.
Translation of: O fiador dos brasileiros : cidadania, escravidão e direito civil no tempo de Antonio Pereira Rebouças / Keila Grinberg. Rio de Janeiro : Civilização Brasileira, 2002.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The world of Antonio Pereira Rebouças -- Any pardo or preto can be a general -- Defining the Brazilian citizen -- A "guarantor" for the Brazilians -- Terribly anarchic words -- In the empire of property -- Lawyers in action -- At the edge of the civil code.
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