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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Main Authors: Beatriz Gallotti Mamigonian, Keila Grinberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) 2021-04-01
Series:Revista Mundos do Trabalho
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/mundosdotrabalho/article/view/79922/45978