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2. Black townsmen: urban slavery and freedom in eighteenth-century Americas
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Dantas,Mariana L. R. (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2008
- Published:
- New York: Palgrave Macmillan
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 280 p., Compares the experiences of persons of African origin and descent in the towns of Baltimore and Sabara, Black Townsmen reconsiders their relationship to eighteenth-century urban environments in the Americas. Following Africans and their descendants through their struggle with slavery, manumission, and life in freedom, Dantas explains how these men and women's efforts and choices helped to define the trajectory of these two towns.
3. Slavery in Brazil
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Klein,Herbert S. (Author) and Luna,Francisco Vidal (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- New York: Cambridge University Press
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 364 p., 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.