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03266aam a2200421 i 4500 001 55A8E29A2E0111EFA856D47D28ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240619010048 008 220509t20232023nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022020867 020 $a 1032320028 020 $a 9781032320021 020 $a 103232001X 020 $a 9781032320014 035 $a (OCoLC)1325678394 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a s-bl--- 050 00 $a HT1128 $b .L85 2023 100 1 $a Lunow, Clara, $e author. 245 10 $a Narratives against enslavement from the court rooms of nineteenth-century Brazil : $b fighting for freedom / $c Clara Lunow. 264 1 $a New York : $b Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, $c 2023. 300 $a xi, 254 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Routledge studies in the history of the Americas 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "This book examines the enslavement system in nineteenth-century Brazil, demonstrating the strategies lawyers and plaintiffs used to fight for freedom in court. In nineteenth-century Brazil countless enslaved and freed women and men appealed to court to claim their right to freedom or that of family members. Taken as a whole, these legal suits create a narrative against the institution of slavery. By analyzing 30 individual cases (1810-1881) from various parts of imperial Brazil, this book demonstrates the intricate strategies of argumentation lawyers and plaintiffs conceived to prove the right to freedom of the parties involved and to convince the authorities of it. Enslaved persons did not only protest their enslavement through rebellion, flight, refusal to work, and in everyday life, but produced a statement in the legal sphere against enslavement. This intellectual achievement was realized through the cooperation of lawyers and enslaved plaintiffs alike, functioning through stories of injustices, not through theoretical treatises on the right to liberty. While research on abolition in Brazil has concentrated mainly on public discourse, legislative decrees, and protest actions, this book focusses on the discursive space of courts. It gives both an overview of the enslavement system and intricately analyzes the fight for freedom in court. Narratives of Enslavement is the perfect volume for both students and non-specialist readers and also provides new insights for specialists in this field"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Slavery $z Brazil $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Slavery $x History $z Brazil $x History $y 19th century. 650 7 $a Slavery. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01120426 650 7 $a Slavery $x Law and legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01120465 651 7 $a Brazil. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01206830 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Lunow, Clara. $t Narratives against enslavement from the court rooms of nineteenth-century Brazil $d New York : Routledge, 2022 $z 9781003312321 $w (DLC) 2022020868 830 0 $a Routledge studies in the history of the Americas 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240619011836.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=55A8E29A2E0111EFA856D47D28ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search