Abstract

PEREIRA DE CARVALHO, Fábio. Autonomy and hierarchy in two slave communities: the cases of George (Alabama, United States, 1847) and Lino (Vassouras, Brazil, 1871). Mundo agrar. [online]. 2013, vol.13, n.26, pp.00-00. ISSN 1515-5994.

This article seeks argue that the search for autonomy among slaves necessarily created hierarchies within the community where they were inserted. Through two cases compared, George in U.S. and Lino in Brazil, seeks to show that a notion of slave community was built by the social actors who were part of it

Keywords : Slavery; Slave Community; Micro History; Criminal Proceeding.

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