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Slavery and Identity Blacks in the Diaspora Founding Editors Darlene Clark Hine, John McCluskey, Jr., and David Barry Gaspar Editor Claude A. Clegg III Advisory Board Kim D. Butler Judith A. Byfield Leslie A. Schwalm Tracy Sharpley-Whiting M I E K O N I S H I D A Slavery and Identity ; Ethnicity Gender, and Race in Salvador, Brazil, 1808-1888 NDIANA INDIANA University Press Bloomington & Indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Fuss 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA http ://iupre$s. indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-S42-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder€indiana.edu C 2003 by Mieko Nishida Ail rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses* Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American Nation*] Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials» ANSI Z394«»984- Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congrai Cataloging-ln-Publication Data Nishida, Mieko, date Slavery and identity: ethnicity, gender, and race in Salvador, Brazil, 1808-18&8 / Mieko Nishida. p. cm. — (Blacks in the diaspora) Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. ISBN 0-253-34209-0 — ISBN 0-253-21581-1 1. Slavery—Brazil—Salvador—History— 19th century. 2. Slavery—Brazil—Salvador—Psychological aspects. 3. Slaves—Brazil—Salvador—History—19th century. 4. Slaves—Brazil—Salvador—Social conditions—19th century. 5. Slaves—Brazil—Salvador—Psychology. 6. Slaves—Brazil—Salvador— Emancipation. 7. Africans—Brazil—Salvador—Ethnic identity. 1. Title. II. Series. HTH29.S2 N57 2003 3o6.3#62'o98i—dcii 2002010944 12 3 4 5 08 07 06 05 04 03 To the memory of my grandmother Kikuno Nishida (1909-1989) All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it was. I accepted their answers too, though they were often in contradiction and even self-contradictory. I was naive. I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, only I, could answer. It took me a long time and much painful boomeranging of my expectations to achieve a realization everyone else appears to have been born with: That I am nobody but myself. —Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man Contents Acknowledgments xi List of Abbreviations xv Introduction 1 1. A “Capital of Africa” in Brazil 11 PART ONE: TO BE AFRICAN-BORN AND ENSLAVED, CIRCA 1808-1831 2. The Creation of New Identity, 1808-1831 29 3. The Representation of Identity, 1808-1831 48 PART TWO: TO BE AFRICAN-BORN AND FREED, CIRCA 1808-1880 4. The Re-creation of Identity, 1808-1831 73 5. The Convergence of Identity, 1831-1880 92 PART THREE: TO BE BRAZILIAN-BORN, CIRCA l8o8-l888 6. The Creation of Disparate Identity, 1808-1851 123 7. The Labyrinth of Identity, 1851-1888 142 Conclusion 157 Glossary 167 Notes 169 Bibliography 227 Index 251
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