Dicionário da escravidão
By: Alaôr Eduardo Scisínio.
Publisher: L. Christiano Editorial
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Rio [i.e. Rio de Janeiro], Brasil
Language: por
Number of pages: 331
Subjects: Slavery -- Brazil -- History -- Dictionaries.; Slaves -- Brazil -- Social conditions -- Dictionaries.
Description: "Composed of more than 1,500 entries, this eclectic dictionary provides fascinating evidence of the enormous impact of African slavery on Brazilian culture. Entries include food (fruits, vegetables, herbs), illnesses, slave remedies, insurrections, ancestral beliefs, punishments, religious syncretism, slave ethnicities and dances, and slave legislation. An extensive entry on 'Bibliography' is noteworthy"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.