Building freedom: anti-slavery and abolitionist struggles for black women in 19th century Brazil

Throughout the 19th century, from the north to the south of Brazil, black women -free, free and captive -acted in different ways in the process that triggered the Golden Law in 1888. In this sense, this article aims to shed light on the participation of black women in everyday and popular struggles,...

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Main Author: Clarissa Pires
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados 2020-10-01
Series:Revista Eletrônica História em Reflexão
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Online Access:https://ojs.ufgd.edu.br/index.php/historiaemreflexao/article/view/12254
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description Throughout the 19th century, from the north to the south of Brazil, black women -free, free and captive -acted in different ways in the process that triggered the Golden Law in 1888. In this sense, this article aims to shed light on the participation of black women in everyday and popular struggles, individual and collective, fought against the institution of slavery, gender inequality and socio-racial discrimination in the country, considering the intersectionality between gender, race and social class in the dialectic of slave domination . The proposed challenge is to reveal the contributions of historical materialism to the writing of the history of black women and observe unique trajectories based on the search for freedom.
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spelling doaj.art-a38d07c763f84621a68eab153b38bc452022-12-22T00:45:32ZporUniversidade Federal da Grande DouradosRevista Eletrônica História em Reflexão1981-24342020-10-01142814116310.30612/rehr.v14i28.122545164Building freedom: anti-slavery and abolitionist struggles for black women in 19th century BrazilClarissa Pires0Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)Throughout the 19th century, from the north to the south of Brazil, black women -free, free and captive -acted in different ways in the process that triggered the Golden Law in 1888. In this sense, this article aims to shed light on the participation of black women in everyday and popular struggles, individual and collective, fought against the institution of slavery, gender inequality and socio-racial discrimination in the country, considering the intersectionality between gender, race and social class in the dialectic of slave domination . The proposed challenge is to reveal the contributions of historical materialism to the writing of the history of black women and observe unique trajectories based on the search for freedom.https://ojs.ufgd.edu.br/index.php/historiaemreflexao/article/view/12254black women. history teaching. abolitionism. anti-slavery.
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Building freedom: anti-slavery and abolitionist struggles for black women in 19th century Brazil
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black women. history teaching. abolitionism. anti-slavery.
title Building freedom: anti-slavery and abolitionist struggles for black women in 19th century Brazil
title_full Building freedom: anti-slavery and abolitionist struggles for black women in 19th century Brazil
title_fullStr Building freedom: anti-slavery and abolitionist struggles for black women in 19th century Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Building freedom: anti-slavery and abolitionist struggles for black women in 19th century Brazil
title_short Building freedom: anti-slavery and abolitionist struggles for black women in 19th century Brazil
title_sort building freedom anti slavery and abolitionist struggles for black women in 19th century brazil
topic black women. history teaching. abolitionism. anti-slavery.
url https://ojs.ufgd.edu.br/index.php/historiaemreflexao/article/view/12254
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