On the obligation of feeding the slaves in Colonial Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: De Carvalho Viotti, Ana Carolina [UNESP]
Data de Publicação: 2019
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S2178-14942019000100002
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/187950
Resumo: To serve themselves of the enslaved workforce considering what was then understood as fair and correct, the slave masters had to follow a series of prescriptions. Among those recurrently listed as essential and irrefutable duties, three can be highlighted: to dress the slaves properly, to punish them with justice and to feed their bodies. Therefore, in the present article, taking the last of these aspects, the food, we will try to present the arguments that supported the legal and moral obligation on the part of the slave masters of adequately providing enough food in terms of quality and quantity for the slaves. From the impressions recorded by priests, administrators, moralists and travellers who passed by or settled in Brazil (mainly during the 18th century), the purpose of this brief study is, rather than to present the ingredients that comprised the ration of the captives, to discuss the justifications that supported the assertive that feeding the body of the slave was the inexcusable duty of the master.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv On the obligation of feeding the slaves in Colonial Brazil
Da obrigação de alimentar os escravos no Brasil Colonial
title On the obligation of feeding the slaves in Colonial Brazil
spellingShingle On the obligation of feeding the slaves in Colonial Brazil
De Carvalho Viotti, Ana Carolina [UNESP]
Colonial Brazil
Economy
Food
Morals
Slavery
title_short On the obligation of feeding the slaves in Colonial Brazil
title_full On the obligation of feeding the slaves in Colonial Brazil
title_fullStr On the obligation of feeding the slaves in Colonial Brazil
title_full_unstemmed On the obligation of feeding the slaves in Colonial Brazil
title_sort On the obligation of feeding the slaves in Colonial Brazil
author De Carvalho Viotti, Ana Carolina [UNESP]
author_facet De Carvalho Viotti, Ana Carolina [UNESP]
author_role author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv De Carvalho Viotti, Ana Carolina [UNESP]
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Colonial Brazil
Economy
Food
Morals
Slavery
topic Colonial Brazil
Economy
Food
Morals
Slavery
description To serve themselves of the enslaved workforce considering what was then understood as fair and correct, the slave masters had to follow a series of prescriptions. Among those recurrently listed as essential and irrefutable duties, three can be highlighted: to dress the slaves properly, to punish them with justice and to feed their bodies. Therefore, in the present article, taking the last of these aspects, the food, we will try to present the arguments that supported the legal and moral obligation on the part of the slave masters of adequately providing enough food in terms of quality and quantity for the slaves. From the impressions recorded by priests, administrators, moralists and travellers who passed by or settled in Brazil (mainly during the 18th century), the purpose of this brief study is, rather than to present the ingredients that comprised the ration of the captives, to discuss the justifications that supported the assertive that feeding the body of the slave was the inexcusable duty of the master.
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