“Last Will”: The Enfranchisement in Pardo Men´s Wills (Vila Rica, 1755-1831)

The article examines the practice of the manumission among the pardos of Vila Rica (1755-1831). The objective is to apprehend what took them, few slaves’ owners, to practice the manumission in their testamentary dispositions. Looking for the dynamics of the manumission in the relationship gentleman-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Daniel Precioso
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2012-12-01
Series:Revista de História
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/49071