A finalist for the Brazilian Book award and winner of the Casa de las América Prize for Brazilian Literature, The Story of Rufino: Slavery, Freedom, and Islam in the Black Atlantic reconstructs the lively biography of Rufino José Maria, set against the historical context of Brazil and Africa in the nineteenth century, that sheds light on slavery and the slave trade, manumission, the complexities of slavery and freedom in Brazil, African freed persons, and the resilience of ethnic and religious identities.
A finalist for the Brazilian Book award and winner of the Casa de las América Prize for Brazilian Literature, The Story of Rufino: Slavery, Freedom, and Islam in the Black Atlantic reconstructs the lively biography of Rufino José Maria, set against the historical context of Brazil and Africa in the nineteenth century, that sheds light on slavery and the slave trade, manumission, the complexities of slavery and freedom in Brazil, African freed persons, and the resilience of ethnic and religious identities.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
João José Reis is Professor of History at the Universidade Federal da Bahia and the author of Slave Rebellion in Brazil: The Muslim Uprising of 1835 in Bahia and Divining Slavery and Freedom, among other books. Flávio dos Santos Gomes is Professor of History at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and the author of Communautés d' esclaves insoumis, among other works on Brazilian and Caribbean slavery. Marcus J. M. de Carvalho is Professor of History at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco and the author of Liberdade: rotinas e rupturas do escravismo and other works on slavery in Brazil.
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Acknowledgments Preface PART I 1. Rufino's Africa 2. Enslaved in Bahia 3. Enslaved in Porto Alegre 4. Farroupilha and Freedom 5. Freedman in Rio de Janeiro 6. Rio de Janeiro, A City in Fear PART II 7. Rufino Joins the Slave Trade 8. Luanda, Slave-trading Capital of Angola 9. Readying the Ermelinda 10. Rufino's Employers 11. Passengers, Shippers, and Cargo 12. The Ermelinda Goes to Sea 13. The Equipment Act 14. Sierra Leone 15. Among Akus and African Muslims 16. The trial of the Ermelinda 17. Dirty Tricks 18. Back to Sea PART III 19. Counting the Costs 20. Rufino's Recife 21. A Man of Faith and Sorcery 22. Tense Times in Rufino's Recife 23. A Free Man 24. The Muslims of Recife and a Doctrinal Dispute Epilogue Sources and Works Cited Index
Acknowledgments Preface PART I 1. Rufino's Africa 2. Enslaved in Bahia 3. Enslaved in Porto Alegre 4. Farroupilha and Freedom 5. Freedman in Rio de Janeiro 6. Rio de Janeiro, A City in Fear PART II 7. Rufino Joins the Slave Trade 8. Luanda, Slave-trading Capital of Angola 9. Readying the Ermelinda 10. Rufino's Employers 11. Passengers, Shippers, and Cargo 12. The Ermelinda Goes to Sea 13. The Equipment Act 14. Sierra Leone 15. Among Akus and African Muslims 16. The trial of the Ermelinda 17. Dirty Tricks 18. Back to Sea PART III 19. Counting the Costs 20. Rufino's Recife 21. A Man of Faith and Sorcery 22. Tense Times in Rufino's Recife 23. A Free Man 24. The Muslims of Recife and a Doctrinal Dispute Epilogue Sources and Works Cited Index
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