Quilombo do Campo Grande
Subtitle: a história de Minas roubada do povo
By: Tarcisio José Martins.
Edition: 1. ed.
Publisher: A Gazeta Maçônica
Published: 1995
Place of publication: São Paulo
Language: por
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Blacks -- Brazil -- Minas Gerais -- History.; Slave insurrections -- Brazil -- Minas Gerais; Fugitive slaves -- Brazil -- Minas Gerais -- History.; Minas Gerais (Brazil) -- History.; Minas Gerais (Brazil) -- Historiography.; Minas Gerais (Brazil) -- Race relations.
Description: "Highlights participation of free blacks and slaves in colonial Minas Gerais. Based on an 18th-century document, author maps out 25 important quilombos in Minas Gerais, some with more than 200 houses. Believes that after 1725 and 1735, the imposto por capitação forced many of the unprotected poor to seek refuge in quilombos"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-318).