Rethinking Slavery’s Abolition in Ceará Through an Engagement with Maritime Marronage by Martine Jean

“…By probing the long tradition of fugitive slaves using their access to the sea and their skills as sailors and boatmen to escape slavery and relocate from one province to another, this article demonstrates that the world of maritime labor provided opportunities and challenges for slave resistance, and fugitive mariners created a culture of contesting the geography of slavery in Brazil.…”
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