BEYOND BLOODY TIES! Family and kinship networks between freedmen from the Coast of Africa in Recife Oitocentista

BEYOND BLOODY TIES! Family and kinship networks between freedmen from the Coast of Africa in Recife Oitocentista

One of the most damaging effects of the slave trade and captive trade in the Americas for the Africans and their descendants, was the tearing apart of their family ties. To recover damages size, people rebuilt their emotional bonds and community, based on several aspects: to have been shipped in the...

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Main Author: Valéria Gomes Costa
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco 2015-12-01
Series:Clio: Revista de Pesquisa Histórica
Subjects:
was the tearing apart of their family ties. To recover damages size
people rebuilt their emotional bonds and community
based on several aspects: to have been shipped in the same port and or on the same ship (malungos); because they share the same Lord; for bringing in their captivity and freedom similar experiences trajectories; or for keeping alive their memories with family and relatives in Africa. The article tries to describe the family and kinship composition of a group of African freedmen whose social experiences are located in Recife in the mid-nineteenth century. To follow these individuals use wills and post-mortem inventories
Africans freed
Kindred
Recife
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revistaclio/article/view/24714/19989

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