

An edition of Histórias de quilombolas (1995)
mocambos e comunidades de senzalas no Rio de Janeiro, século XIX
By Flávio dos Santos Gomes
Publish Date
2006
Publisher
Companhia das Letras
Language
por
Pages
431
Description:
"A study of quilombos near Iguaçu and Vassouras, Rio de Janeiro, seeks to understand internal organization of escaped slave settlements and their relations with their neighbors, and to show how their existence affected slavery and slave relations in the area. Quilombos were not necessarily isolated or marginalized; rather, they commonly interacted with their free peasant neighbors and even with slaves, even as the authorities persisted in attempts to destroy them"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
subjects: History, Slavery, Blacks, Slave insurrections, Quilombos, Black people
Places: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (State), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil : State)
Times: 19th century