African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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388 p, Includes Richard S. Dunn's "Sugar production and slave women in Jamaica"; -- David P. Geggus' "Sugar and coffee cultivation in Saint Domingue and the shaping of the slave labor force"; David Barry Gaspar's "Sugar cultivation and slave life in Antigua before 1800"; Michel-Rolph Trouillot's "Coffee planters and coffee slaves in the Antilles: the impact of a secondary crop"; Woodville K. Marshall's "Provision ground and plantation labor in four windward islands: competition for resources during slavery"; and Dale Tomich's "Une petite guinée: provision ground and plantation in Martinique, 1830-1848"
Analyzes the socioeconomic history of the slave system of Minas Gerais in Brazil from 1776 to 1821. Transition from slave-based economy to agricultural and cattle economy; Economic dependence on slave labor; Slave importation; Contributing factors to decline of slave practices.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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311 p, Sítese histórica que aborda todas as etapas da história do Espírito Santo: a ocupação original pelas tribos nativas, as capitanias hereditárias, a escravidão, a presença dos jesuítas, e o impacto dos ciclos económicos na região. Recupera a atuação de personagens como Vasco Fernandes Coutinho (o primeriro donatário), e a visita de DOm Pedro II em 1860.;
