"Appealing to the authority of the throne to attain freedom": flight and manumission - Bahia and Lisbon, 1761-1804

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Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Katia Lorena Novais
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Revista de História (São Paulo)
Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/165479
Resumo: This paper examines the circumstances under which enslaved and masters of the “Capitania da Bahia” appealed to the Royal authority in Lisbon and argued about slavery and freedom in the late eighteenth century. Guided by the legal proceedings that included enslaved owned by two important merchants, I seek to understand the characters involved and the complexity of the context for appealing to the Queen under the decree of September 19, 1761,which prohibited the landing of slaves in Portugal and was deployed both to support manumission and to restrain the longing for freedom of the captives who landed there with their masters or as fugitives. This study draws upon a variety of sources, which allowed for zooming in on such conflicts and calling into question the phenomenon of manumission among those of power and prestige.
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spelling "Appealing to the authority of the throne to attain freedom": flight and manumission - Bahia and Lisbon, 1761-1804"Valer-se da autoridade do trono para obter sua liberdade": fuga e alforria - Bahia e Lisboa, 1761-1804alforriaBahiaLisboaSéculo XVIIIFugaManumissionBahiaLisboa18th centuryEscapeThis paper examines the circumstances under which enslaved and masters of the “Capitania da Bahia” appealed to the Royal authority in Lisbon and argued about slavery and freedom in the late eighteenth century. Guided by the legal proceedings that included enslaved owned by two important merchants, I seek to understand the characters involved and the complexity of the context for appealing to the Queen under the decree of September 19, 1761,which prohibited the landing of slaves in Portugal and was deployed both to support manumission and to restrain the longing for freedom of the captives who landed there with their masters or as fugitives. This study draws upon a variety of sources, which allowed for zooming in on such conflicts and calling into question the phenomenon of manumission among those of power and prestige.O artigo analisa as circunstâncias em que escravos e senhores da capitania da Bahia apelaram à autoridade régia em Lisboa e ponderaram sobre escravidão e liberdade nas últimas décadas do século XVIII. Usando como fio condutor processos de escravizados de dois grandes negociantes, procura-se compreender os personagens envolvidos e a complexidade do contexto em que apelaram à rainha durante a vigência do alvará de 19 de setembro de 1761. Essa lei proibia o desembarque de escravos nos portos de Portugal e foi mobilizada tanto para fundamentar a alforria quanto para frear os anseios de liberdade dos cativos que ali desembarcaram com seus senhores ou fugidos. O estudo se baseia em fontes variadas, cujo cruzamento possibilitou aproximar a lente sobre esses conflitos e problematizar o fenômeno da alforria entre senhores de poder e prestígio.Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas2020-09-28info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdftext/xmlhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/16547910.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2020.165479Revista de História; Núm. 179 (2020); 1-43Revista de História; n. 179 (2020); 1-43Revista de História; No. 179 (2020); 1-432316-91410034-8309reponame:Revista de História (São Paulo)instname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:UNESPporhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/165479/163598https://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/165479/176863Copyright (c) 2020 Revista de Históriahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAlmeida, Katia Lorena Novais2020-11-04T19:48:28Zoai:revistas.usp.br:article/165479Revistahttps://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoriaPUBhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoria/oairevistahistoria@usp.br||revistahistoria@assis.unesp.br2316-91410034-8309opendoar:2020-11-04T19:48:28Revista de História (São Paulo) - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv "Appealing to the authority of the throne to attain freedom": flight and manumission - Bahia and Lisbon, 1761-1804
"Valer-se da autoridade do trono para obter sua liberdade": fuga e alforria - Bahia e Lisboa, 1761-1804
title "Appealing to the authority of the throne to attain freedom": flight and manumission - Bahia and Lisbon, 1761-1804
spellingShingle "Appealing to the authority of the throne to attain freedom": flight and manumission - Bahia and Lisbon, 1761-1804
Almeida, Katia Lorena Novais
alforria
Bahia
Lisboa
Século XVIII
Fuga
Manumission
Bahia
Lisboa
18th century
Escape
title_short "Appealing to the authority of the throne to attain freedom": flight and manumission - Bahia and Lisbon, 1761-1804
title_full "Appealing to the authority of the throne to attain freedom": flight and manumission - Bahia and Lisbon, 1761-1804
title_fullStr "Appealing to the authority of the throne to attain freedom": flight and manumission - Bahia and Lisbon, 1761-1804
title_full_unstemmed "Appealing to the authority of the throne to attain freedom": flight and manumission - Bahia and Lisbon, 1761-1804
title_sort "Appealing to the authority of the throne to attain freedom": flight and manumission - Bahia and Lisbon, 1761-1804
author Almeida, Katia Lorena Novais
author_facet Almeida, Katia Lorena Novais
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Almeida, Katia Lorena Novais
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv alforria
Bahia
Lisboa
Século XVIII
Fuga
Manumission
Bahia
Lisboa
18th century
Escape
topic alforria
Bahia
Lisboa
Século XVIII
Fuga
Manumission
Bahia
Lisboa
18th century
Escape
description This paper examines the circumstances under which enslaved and masters of the “Capitania da Bahia” appealed to the Royal authority in Lisbon and argued about slavery and freedom in the late eighteenth century. Guided by the legal proceedings that included enslaved owned by two important merchants, I seek to understand the characters involved and the complexity of the context for appealing to the Queen under the decree of September 19, 1761,which prohibited the landing of slaves in Portugal and was deployed both to support manumission and to restrain the longing for freedom of the captives who landed there with their masters or as fugitives. This study draws upon a variety of sources, which allowed for zooming in on such conflicts and calling into question the phenomenon of manumission among those of power and prestige.
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