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1 online resource (290 pages) |
| Series |
African Studies |
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African Studies
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| Contents |
Cover; From Africa to Brazil; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Maps; Tables; Abbreviations Used in Notes; Acknowledgments; Introduction; AN UNDERSTUDIED DIASPORA IN AN UNDERSTUDIED PART OF BRAZIL; ORIGINS AND IDENTITIES; AFRICAN CULTURES IN AMAZONIA; THE CHAPTERS; PART I THE WHY AND HOW OF ENSLAVEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION; 1 From Indian to African Slaves; WHITE SETTLERS, INDIANS, AND MAMELOUS BEFORE 1750; AFRICAN SLAVE IMPORTS BEFORE 1750; MARANHÃO AFTER 1750; AFRICAN IMMIGRATION AFTER 1750; CONCLUSION; 2 Slave Production; GEOGRAPHY, CLIMATE, AND SOCIETIES |
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INTERIOR STATES, THEIR ELITES, AND SLAVE PRODUCTIONSLAVE PRODUCTION IN THE DECENTRALIZED COASTAL ZONE: RAIDING AND KIDNAPPING; SLAVE PRODUCTION IN THE DECENTRALIZED COASTAL ZONE: WITCHCRAFT TRIALS; THE ETHNICITIES OF THE SLAVES TRADED THROUGH BISSAU AND CACHEU; CONCLUSION; 3 From Upper Guinea to Amazonia; MOVING SLAVES FROM COASTAL VILLAGES IN THE ERA OF THE CGPM; THE PRACAS OF GEBA, BISSAU, FARIM, AND CACHEU; AFTER THE COMPANY; MIDDLE PASSAGE; IN MARANHÃO; CONCLUSION; PART II CULTURAL CHANGE AND CONTINUITY; 4 Labor over ""Brown"" Rice; EARLY ACCOUNTS OF RICE CULTIVATION IN THE LUSO-ATLANTIC |
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RICE IN MARANHÃO AND PARÃ BEFORE THE MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURYRICE PRODUCTION IN MARANHÃO AND PARÃ AFTER 1755; MAKING FIELDS; PLANTING, HARVESTING, AND PROCESSING RICE AND COTTON; WORK'S PHYSICAL TOLL; THE CULTURAL AND GENEDERED DIMENSION OF LABOR; CONCLUSION; 5 Violence, Sex, and the Family; SLAVE FAMILY LIFE; IMPEDIMENTS TO AFRICAN FAMILIES IN MARANHÃO BEFORE 1755; IMPEDIMENTS TO THE FORMATION OF AFRICAN FAMILIES IN MARANHÃO AFTER 1755; RESISTANCE AND PUNISHMENT; CONCLUSION; 6 Spiritual Beliefs; ONE CREATOR, MANY SPIRITS; OFFERINGS TO AND FAVORS FROM SPIRITS |
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POWERFUL THINGS AND POWERFUL SHRINESTHE INCORPORATIVE NATURE OF UPPER GUINEAN SPIRITUALITY; CHRISTIANS ON THE UPPER GUINEA COAST; RE-CREATING UPPER GUINEAN CORE BELIEFS IN AMAZONIA; CONCLUSION; Conclusion; Index; BOOKS IN THIS SERIES |
| Summary |
Traces the flows of enslaved Africans from the broad region of Africa called Upper Guinea to Amazonia, Brazil |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Enslaved persons -- Amazon River Region -- History
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Slave trade -- Africa -- History
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African diaspora -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery.
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African diaspora
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Slave trade
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Enslaved persons
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Afrikaner
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Sklavenhandel
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Africa
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Amazon River Region
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Brasilien
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Guinea
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010025329 |
| ISBN |
9781139778923 |
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1139778927 |
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9780511779176 |
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0511779178 |
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9781139775885 |
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113977588X |
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113978191X |
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9781139781916 |
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9781316087725 |
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1316087727 |
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1139793306 |
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9781139793308 |
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1107253578 |
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9781107253575 |
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1283715767 |
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9781283715768 |
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1139777408 |
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9781139777407 |
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