"Licentious liberty" in a Brazilian gold-mining region
Subtitle: slavery, gender, and social control in eighteenth-century Sabará, Minas Gerais
By: Kathleen J. Higgins.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Slavery -- Brazil -- Sabará -- History -- 18th century.; Gold mines and mining -- Brazil -- Sabará -- History -- 18th century.; Sex role -- Brazil -- Sabará -- History -- 18th century.; Women slaves -- Brazil -- Sabará -- History -- 18th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ([223]-231 p.) and index.