Black Women and Mothers: social mobility and inheritance strategies in Minas Gerais during the second half of the eighteenth century

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Autor(a) principal: Dantas, Mariana L. R.
Data de Publicação: 2021
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
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Título da fonte: Almanack (Guarulhos)
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/alm/article/view/13216
Resumo: Through a critical examination of the possibilities of social improvementavailable to black women and their descendants, this article discussessocial mobility among Afro-descending people in the town and precinctsof Sabará, Minas Gerais, in the eighteenth century. Using various notarialdocuments (inventories, wills, deeds of sale, etc.) and papers from themunicipal council of Sabará, this study investigates the types of economicsuccess enjoyed by women of Afro-descent and the limits to their socialmobility; the impact of inheritance procedures on the transfer of socioeconomicresources from one generation to the next; and the strategiesblack women employed to ensure that transmission of their property totheir children would translate into social advantages.
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spelling Black Women and Mothers: social mobility and inheritance strategies in Minas Gerais during the second half of the eighteenth centuryMulheres NegrasAfro-descendentesMobilidade SocialBlack WomenAfro-DescendantsSocial MobilityThrough a critical examination of the possibilities of social improvementavailable to black women and their descendants, this article discussessocial mobility among Afro-descending people in the town and precinctsof Sabará, Minas Gerais, in the eighteenth century. Using various notarialdocuments (inventories, wills, deeds of sale, etc.) and papers from themunicipal council of Sabará, this study investigates the types of economicsuccess enjoyed by women of Afro-descent and the limits to their socialmobility; the impact of inheritance procedures on the transfer of socioeconomicresources from one generation to the next; and the strategiesblack women employed to ensure that transmission of their property totheir children would translate into social advantages.Esse artigo examina a mobilidade social de pessoas de ascendência africanana vila e termo de Sabará, Minas Gerais, no século XVIII, a partir doquestionamento da possibilidade de ascenção social disponíveis a mulheresnegras e seus descendentes. Através da análise de documentos cartoriais(inventários, testamentos, escrituras de venda, etc.) e documentos daCâmara Municipal de Sabará, esse estudo investiga as oportunidades desucessoeconômicodisponíveisàsmulheresdecoreoslimitesdamobilidadesocial; os efeitos do processo sucessório na transferência de vantagenssócio-econômicas de uma geração para outra; e as estratégias usadas pormulheres negras para garantir que a sucessão de bens pudesse se traduzirem vantagens (e ascensão) sociais para seus filhos.Universidade Federal de São Paulo2021-12-31info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/alm/article/view/1321610.1590/2236-463320161206Almanack; No. 12 (2016)Almanack; Núm. 12 (2016)Almanack; n. 12 (2016)2236-4633reponame:Almanack (Guarulhos)instname:Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)instacron:UNIFESPengporhttps://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/alm/article/view/13216/9237https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/alm/article/view/13216/9238Copyright (c) 2021 Mariana L. R. Dantashttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Dantas, Mariana L. R.2021-12-31T14:36:18Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/13216Revistahttps://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/almPUBhttps://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/alm/oaialmanack@unifesp.br||andremachados@yahoo.com.br2236-46332236-4633opendoar:2021-12-31T14:36:18Almanack (Guarulhos) - Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)false
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title Black Women and Mothers: social mobility and inheritance strategies in Minas Gerais during the second half of the eighteenth century
spellingShingle Black Women and Mothers: social mobility and inheritance strategies in Minas Gerais during the second half of the eighteenth century
Dantas, Mariana L. R.
Mulheres Negras
Afro-descendentes
Mobilidade Social
Black Women
Afro-Descendants
Social Mobility
title_short Black Women and Mothers: social mobility and inheritance strategies in Minas Gerais during the second half of the eighteenth century
title_full Black Women and Mothers: social mobility and inheritance strategies in Minas Gerais during the second half of the eighteenth century
title_fullStr Black Women and Mothers: social mobility and inheritance strategies in Minas Gerais during the second half of the eighteenth century
title_full_unstemmed Black Women and Mothers: social mobility and inheritance strategies in Minas Gerais during the second half of the eighteenth century
title_sort Black Women and Mothers: social mobility and inheritance strategies in Minas Gerais during the second half of the eighteenth century
author Dantas, Mariana L. R.
author_facet Dantas, Mariana L. R.
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Dantas, Mariana L. R.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Mulheres Negras
Afro-descendentes
Mobilidade Social
Black Women
Afro-Descendants
Social Mobility
topic Mulheres Negras
Afro-descendentes
Mobilidade Social
Black Women
Afro-Descendants
Social Mobility
description Through a critical examination of the possibilities of social improvementavailable to black women and their descendants, this article discussessocial mobility among Afro-descending people in the town and precinctsof Sabará, Minas Gerais, in the eighteenth century. Using various notarialdocuments (inventories, wills, deeds of sale, etc.) and papers from themunicipal council of Sabará, this study investigates the types of economicsuccess enjoyed by women of Afro-descent and the limits to their socialmobility; the impact of inheritance procedures on the transfer of socioeconomicresources from one generation to the next; and the strategiesblack women employed to ensure that transmission of their property totheir children would translate into social advantages.
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