Resistance and strategies of slaves and freeds in southern Brazil (Alegrete, 19th century)

The main objective of this article is to understand the resistance strategies that enslaved and freed people used in the fight against slavery, the actions in the search for their rights, freedom and autonomy. The locus of the research is located in the municipality of Alegrete, on the western borde...

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Autor: Ferreira Sônego, Márcio Jesus
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF)
Repositorio:Semina (Passo Fundo. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.upf.br:article/14076
Acceso en línea:https://seer.upf.br/index.php/ph/article/view/14076
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Esclavitud
Resistencia
Libertad
Slavery
Resistance
Freedom
Escravidão
Resistência
Liberdade
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Sumario:The main objective of this article is to understand the resistance strategies that enslaved and freed people used in the fight against slavery, the actions in the search for their rights, freedom and autonomy. The locus of the research is located in the municipality of Alegrete, on the western border of Rio Grande do Sul. Through a qualitative approach and the intersection of different historical sources, various forms of resistance of the captives to the slave system during the 19th century are analyzed. The documents used are letters of manumission registered in a notary, criminal processes, post mortem inventories, records of baptisms, marriages and deaths, list of classification of slaves to be freed by the Emancipation Fund, reports from the provincial presidency and periodicals..