Autonomy and hierarchy in two slave communities: the cases of George (Alabama, United States, 1847) and Lino (Vassouras, Brazil, 1871)

This article seeks argue that the search for autonomy among slaves necessarily created hierarchies within the community where they were inserted. Through two cases compared, George in U.S. and Lino in Brazil, seeks to show that a notion of slave community was built by the social actors who were part of it

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Main Author: Pereira de Carvalho, Fábio
Format: Digital revista
Language:spa
Published: Centro de Historia Argentina y Americana 2013
Online Access:https://www.mundoagrario.unlp.edu.ar/article/view/MAv13n26a12
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Summary:This article seeks argue that the search for autonomy among slaves necessarily created hierarchies within the community where they were inserted. Through two cases compared, George in U.S. and Lino in Brazil, seeks to show that a notion of slave community was built by the social actors who were part of it