The Destruction of Brazilian Slavery, 1850-1888

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University of California Press, 1972 - History - 344 pages
 

Contents

THE FOUNDATIONS OF BRAZILIAN SLAVERY
3
GENERAL POPULATION STATISTICS
6
Slavery and the Brazilian EconomySlavery and Brazilian SocietyThe
17
THE CRISIS OF LABOR
30
THE INTERPROVINCIAL SLAVE TRADE
47
THE BEGINNINGS OF EMANCIPATIONISM
70
Imperial EmancipationismPopular EmancipationismThe Eve of Reform
90
The Rio Branco LawRegion against RegionThe National DebateThe
100
Tables
281
Estimates of Brazilian Population
283
Free and Slave Populations 1874
284
Slave Populations 18641887
285
Slave Population by Sex 1884
286
AfricanBorn Slaves and Slaves Registered as 51 or Older 1872
287
Sexagenarian Freedmen Registered in 1886 and 1887
288
Slaves Imported into Rio de Janeiro through Interprovincial Trade 18521862
289

THE RIO BRANCO LAW
106
THE PROVINCES ON THE EVE OF ABOLITIONISM
121
FIRST PHASE
135
The Beginnings of AbolitionismThe Hilliard IncidentVarying Commit
143
THE MOVEMENT IN CEARÁ
170
SECOND PHASE
183
An Uneasy CalmThe Destruction of Slavery in CearáThe Movement
193
AMAZONAS AND RIO GRANDE DO SUL
199
THE LIBERATION OF THE ELDERLY
210
PRELUDE TO COLLAPSE
230
THE CONVERSION OF SÃO PAULO
239
ABOLITION
263
Registered Gains and Losses of Slaves through InterProvin cial Trade 18741884
290
Decline of Slave Populations 18741884
291
Decline of Slave Populations June 1885 to May 1887
292
Registered Growth and Decline of Slave Populations in Minas Gerais 18741883 Major Municípios
293
Registered Gains and Losses of Slaves in Rio de Janeiro Province Through InterMunicipal Transfers 18731882
294
Registered Growth and Decline of Slave Populations in São Paulo 18741883 Major Coffee Municípios
295
Slave Population of São Paulo Province estimates
296
Literacy and Illiteracy among Slaves 1872
297
The Rio Branco Law
305
BIBLIOGRAPHY
319
INDEX
335
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