Limits of written works: contracts and work relationships with freed slaves in Vitoria in the late 19th century

This work deals with cases of slaves who managed to obtain their manumission through loans and leases. We note the expectation that those who won their freedom would continue to work as when they were slaves, which of course was not in the plans of those that were freed. We conclude that the histori...

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Autor: Soares, Geraldo Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Estudos Ibero-Americanos
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/12390
Acceso en línea:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/iberoamericana/article/view/12390
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Slavery
Emancipation
Free work
Esclavitud
Emancipación
Trabajo libre
Escravidão
Emancipação
Trabalho livre
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Sumario:This work deals with cases of slaves who managed to obtain their manumission through loans and leases. We note the expectation that those who won their freedom would continue to work as when they were slaves, which of course was not in the plans of those that were freed. We conclude that the historical experiences examined allow us to access a set of representations of work and how life would be as a free man.