Slavery in Brazil (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521193986)

Brazil was the American society that received the largest contingent of African slaves in the Americas and the longest lasting slave regime in the Western Hemisphere. This is the first complete modern survey of the institution of slavery in Brazil and how it affected the lives of enslaved Africans. It is based on major new research on the institution of slavery and the role of Africans and their descendants in Brazil. Although Brazilians have incorporated many of the North American debates about slavery, they have also developed a new set of questions about slave holding: the nature of marriage, family, religion, and culture among the slaves and free colored; the process of manumission; and the rise of the free colored class during slavery. It is the aim of this book to introduce the reader to this latest research, both to elucidate the Brazilian experience and to provide a basis for comparisons with all other American slave systems.

Author: Herbert S. Klein, Francisco Vidal Luna
ISBN-10: 0521193982
ISBN-13: 9780521193986
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/09/2009
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 01/29/2010 pg. 16
Choice 08/01/2010