“Esse canto que devia ser um canto de alegria, soa apenas como um soluçar de dor” — Free and enslaved workers in Rio de Janeiro (1830-1880)

The Empire of Brazil was born with the reinforcement of the enslavement of men and women and in the following decades it saw an increase in the number of free workers, mainly in the Court. The construction of legislation that tried to organize work, in addition to limiting the actions of enslaved pe...

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Main Author: Renata Figueiredo Moraes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) 2022-03-01
Series:Revista Mundos do Trabalho
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/mundosdotrabalho/article/view/82386/48463