People of faith
Subtitle: slavery and African Catholics in eighteenth-century Rio de Janeiro
By: Mariza de Carvalho Soares ; translated by Jerry D. Metz
Series: Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução; Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Durham, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780822350231; 9780822350408
Subjects: Ethnic identity; Religious life; Slaves; Africans; Slavery; History
Work titles: Devotos da cor
Notes: Originally published as: Devotos da cor : identidade étnica, religiosidade e escravidão no Rio de Janeiro, século XVIII (Rio de Janeiro : Civilização Brasileira, 2000).

Translated from the Portuguese.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From Ethiopia to Guinea; title: Commerce with the Mina coast; title: African "nations" and provenience groups; title: Urban life and brotherhoods in the city; title: Constructing a religious norm; title: Conflict and ethnic identity among Mahi.