The different slave-arranged housing in Rio de Janeiro (1808-1850)

Author(s)

Ynaê Lopes dos Santos

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2007-02-12

Examining board members

Rafael de Bivar Marquese; Flavio dos Santos Gomes; Maria Cristina Cortez Wissenbach

• Advisor: Rafael de Bivar Marquese

Abstract

The present dissertation examines the different slave-arranged housing in Rio de Janeiro in the period between 1808 to 1850 from the complex relations established between slave, owners and the State. The big slave mobility, which was a characteristic of the great urban centers, made possible slave\'s autonomy to widen itself through dwelling activity, whose variety could be observed in the stories of travelers, police documents, municipal positions, order and licenses directed to the City Council and post-mortem inventories. Besides, the diversity of slave\'s dwelling allows us to understand more deeply the determining factors that made possible the maintenance of the slavery institution during the disturbing period of Brazilian National State formation, and, also, how slaves and their descendants could create anew bonds of solidarity, affection and kinship in the middle of these process (AU)