African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
344 p, Contents: PART ONE: 1850-1879 -- Introduction: The Foundations of Brazilian Slavery -- The Abolition of the African Slave Trade and the Onset of Decline -- The Crisis of Labor -- The Inter-Provincial Slave Trade -- The Beginnings of Emancipationism -- The Emancipation of the Newborn -- The Rio Branco Law -- PART TWO: 1879-1888 -- The Provinces on the Eve of Abolitionism -- The Abolitionist Movement: First Phase -- Action and Reaction -- The Movement in Ceara -- The Abolitionist Movement: Second Phase -- Shock Waves of Ceara: Amazonas and Rio Grande Do Sul -- The Liberation of the Elderly -- Prelude to Collapse -- The Conversion of Sao Paulo -- Abolition
Reviews several books on slavery. The Abolition of Slavery in Brazil: The "Liberation" of Africans Through the Emancipation of Capital, by David Baronov; The Virgin, The King and the Royal Slaves of El Cobre: Negotiating Freedom in Colonial Cuba, 1670-1780, by María Elena Díaz; The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas, by David Eltis.;
