The Abolition of Slavery in Brazil: The Liberation of Africans Through the Emancipation of Capital (Contributions in Latin American Studies)

252 Pages·2000·14.2 MB·English

by  David Baronov

THE ABOLITION OF
SLAVERY IN BRAZIL
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THE ABOLITION OF
SLAVERY IN BRAZIL
The "Liberation" of Africans
Through the Emancipation
of Capital
David Baronov
Contributions in Latin American Studies, Number 17
GREENWOOD PRESS
westport, Connecticut • London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Baronov, David.
The abolition of slavery in Brazil : the "liberation" of Africans through the
emancipation of capital / by David Baronov.
p. cm.—(Contributions in Latin American studies, ISSN 1054-6790 ; no. 17)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-313-31242-7 (alk. paper)
1. Slavery—Brazil—History—19th century. 2. Labor supply—Brazil—History—19th
century. I. Title. II. Series.
HT1128.B35 2000
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Contents
Tables ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1. The Historical and Theoretical Origins of the Modern
Industrial Working Class (1700-1817) 25
2. The Historical and Theoretical Origins of the Modern
Industrial Working Class (1817-1870) 55
3. The Abolition of Servile Labor East and West 79
4. The Legacy of Brazilian Slavery 117
5. Brazilian Abolition: The Preparation 145
6. Brazilian Abolition: The Process 173
Appendix A: Example of a 19th-century Colono Contract 205
Bibliography 209
Index 229
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Tables
3.1 Land/Labor Ratios in the Caribbean at the Time of Abolition 96
3.2 Number of Africans versus European Immigrants to the
Americas, 1820-1859 102
3.3 Number of Slaves/Chinese Laborers Sent to Cuba, 1853-1874 103
4.1 Years of Ending Slave Trade/Abolition across the Americas 119
4.2 Value of Selected Export Products as a Percentage of
All Exports 126
5.1 Brazilian Coffee/Sugar Earnings, 1841 -1900 (Measured
in 1,000s of British Pounds) 153
5.2 Regional Slave Populations/Percentage in Coffee
Regions, 1864-1887 154
5.3 Regional Slave Populations as Percentages of the African
Population/Total Population (1872) 157
5.4 Percentage of Freed Slaves and Slaves Who Were Mulatto
(Nationally and for Select Provinces) 158
5.5 Total Number of Immigrants to Brazil by Decade, 1820-1930 164
6.1 World Sugar Production/Brazilian Amounts, 1846-1905
(in Metric Tons) 176