The book has the great advantage of placing the slave in the centre of the history not simply as a type of labour, but as an actor whose culture, actions and decisions influenced the operation of the system. Written with verve and grace for a general readership.
The book has the great advantage of placing the slave in the centre of the history not simply as a type of labour, but as an actor whose culture, actions and decisions influenced the operation of the system. Written with verve and grace for a general readership.
Katia Mytilineou de Queirós Mattoso (born Kyriacoula Katia Demetre Mytilineou ; Volos , 8 of April of 1931 - Paris , 11 of January of 2011 was a historian Greek-Brazilian, a specialist in Bahia's economic and social history (1750-1889) and in the social history of slavery in Brazil (1549-1888). Katia Mattoso was a professor at the Catholic University of Salvador and Bahia Federal (1963-1988), visiting professor at the Universities of Minnesota (1978), Paris IV (1982) and Columbia (1983). He was also visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge ( UK ). In 1988, he took the chair of History of Brazil at the University Paris IV - Sorbonne, of which he was the first holder. Teacher emeritus of the same University, he is the author of several books, among which are: Bahia: the city of Salvador and its market in the nineteenth century (São Paulo: Hucitec, 1978), Être esclave au Brésil, XVIe-XIXe siècles (Paris : Hachette, 1979; Paris: L'Harmattan, 1995), with editions in Portuguese ( Being a slave in Brazil São Paulo: Brasiliense, 1982; 3.ed. 1990) and English (To Be a Slave in Brazil ,New Brunswick. , NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1986; 7.ed. 2002), Family and society in nineteenth-century Bahia (São Paulo: Corrupio, 1988) and Bahia, nineteenth century. A province in the Empire (Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 1992, 2.ed. 1994).
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Foreword by Stuart Schwartz Preface to the English Edition Introduction PART 1: TO BE SOLD INTO SLAVERY 1. To Be Sold into Slavery in Africa 2. In Brazil: Merchandise like Any Other 3. To Be Valuable Merchandise PART 2: BEING A SLAVE 4. The African Adapts to Brazil and the Brazilians 5. Solidarities 6. Refuges and Refusals PART 3: THE END OF SLAVERY? 7. The Charter of Freedom 8. The Mirage of Freedom 9. The Manumitted Slave as Social Intermediary Appendices: Will of Francisco Nunes de Moraes Glossary Currency Tables Bibliographies Index
Foreword by Stuart Schwartz Preface to the English Edition Introduction PART 1: TO BE SOLD INTO SLAVERY 1. To Be Sold into Slavery in Africa 2. In Brazil: Merchandise like Any Other 3. To Be Valuable Merchandise PART 2: BEING A SLAVE 4. The African Adapts to Brazil and the Brazilians 5. Solidarities 6. Refuges and Refusals PART 3: THE END OF SLAVERY? 7. The Charter of Freedom 8. The Mirage of Freedom 9. The Manumitted Slave as Social Intermediary Appendices: Will of Francisco Nunes de Moraes Glossary Currency Tables Bibliographies Index
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