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Read, Ian 1976-

The hierarchies of slavery in Santos, Brazil, 1822-1888 [electronic resource] / Ian Read. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2012. - xiv, 275 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Masters and their slaves. Neighborhoods and inequality -- Material and demographic changes -- Slave markets and networks -- Slaves and their masters. Family, work, and punishment -- Illness, recovery, and death -- Pathways to freedom : manumission and flight -- "Manumissionists," abolitionists, and emancipation.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2012.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Slaves--Social conditions--Brazil--Santos (São Paulo)--19th century.
Slaveholders--Social conditions--Brazil--Santos (São Paulo)--19th century.
Slavery--Social aspects--History--Brazil--Santos (São Paulo)--19th century.
Social status--History--Brazil--Santos (São Paulo)--19th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Santos (São Paulo, Brazil)--Social conditions--19th century.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HT1129.S265 / R43 2012eb

Dewey Class. No.: 306.3/62098161