The Crime of Reducing a Free Person to Slavery in Nineteenth Century Brazil
This article discusses how the enslavement of free people was criminalized and tried in Brazil throughout the nineteenth century. Based on court cases from the southern province of Rio Grande do Sul pertaining to “reducing free persons to slavery,” we analyzed, in a preliminary way, the application...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
2021-04-01
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Series: | Revista Mundos do Trabalho |
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Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/mundosdotrabalho/article/view/79922/45978 |