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Subtitle: os significados da liberdade no sudeste escravista, Brasil século XIX
By: Hebe Maria Mattos de Castro.
Series: Prêmio Arquivo Nacional de Pesquisa
Publisher: Arquivo Nacional
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Rio de Janeiro
Language: por
Number of pages: 426
Subjects: Slaves -- Emancipation -- Brazil, Southeast.; Slavery -- Brazil, Southeast -- History -- 19th century.; Blacks -- Brazil, Southeast -- History -- 19th century.
Description: "What did freedom mean to former slaves and to their former masters? Focusing on the North Fluminense,  author finds that the libertos rejected the term negro because it marked them as ex-slaves; they preferred pardo, which they saw not in terms of whitening but of social mobility and acceptance as citizens. For many elites, by contrast, the Republic was born 'without people' ('citizens') and had to be filled with immigrants. Massively researched"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-426).
Modified version of the author's thesis (doctoral--Universidade Federal Fluminense, 1993) presented under the title: A cor inexistente: os significados da liberdade no sudeste escravista, Brasil século XIX.