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A finalist for the Brazilian Book award and winner of the Casa de las América Prize for Brazilian Literature, The Story of Rufino: Slavery, Freedom, and Islam in the Black Atlantic reconstructs the lively biography of Rufino José Maria, set against the historical context of Brazil and Africa in the nineteenth century, that sheds light on slavery and the slave trade, manumission, the complexities of slavery and freedom in Brazil, African freed persons, and the resilience of ethnic and religious identities.

Produktbeschreibung
A finalist for the Brazilian Book award and winner of the Casa de las América Prize for Brazilian Literature, The Story of Rufino: Slavery, Freedom, and Islam in the Black Atlantic reconstructs the lively biography of Rufino José Maria, set against the historical context of Brazil and Africa in the nineteenth century, that sheds light on slavery and the slave trade, manumission, the complexities of slavery and freedom in Brazil, African freed persons, and the resilience of ethnic and religious identities.
Autorenporträt
João José Reis is Professor of History at the Universidade Federal da Bahia and the author of Slave Rebellion in Brazil: The Muslim Uprising of 1835 in Bahia and Divining Slavery and Freedom, among other books. Flávio dos Santos Gomes is Professor of History at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and the author of Communautés d' esclaves insoumis, among other works on Brazilian and Caribbean slavery. Marcus J. M. de Carvalho is Professor of History at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco and the author of Liberdade: rotinas e rupturas do escravismo and other works on slavery in Brazil.