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.

The narrative demonstrates how enslaved Africans did not simply acquiesce to slavery; rather, they challenged the tyrannical systems exploiting them, and the book is replete with glimpses of this revolutionary zeal. Additionally, the work challenges lazy categorisations that seek to present a binary relationship between Islam and Blackness, highlighting how Black African communities sought to preserve their religious tradition, even through the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade.

• AcknowledgmentsPreface Part IChapter 1: Rufino's Africa Chapter 2: Enslaved in BahiaChapter 3: Enslaved in Porto AlegreChapter 4: Farroupilha and FreedomChapter 5: Freedman in Rio de JaneiroChapter 6: Rio de Janeiro, A City in Fear Part IIChapter 7: Rufino Joins the Slave TradeChapter 8: Luanda, Slave-trading Capital of AngolaChapter 9: Readying the ErmelindaChapter 10: Rufino's EmployersChapter 11: Passengers, Shippers, and CargoChapter 12: The Ermelinda Goes to SeaChapter 13: The Equipment ActChapter 14: Sierra LeoneChapter 15: Among Akus and African MuslimsChapter 16: The trial of the ErmelindaChapter 17: Dirty TricksChapter 18: Back to Sea Part IIIChapter 19: Counting the CostsChapter 20: Rufino's RecifeChapter 21: A Man of Faith and SorceryChapter 22: Tense Times in Rufino's RecifeChapter 23: A Free ManChapter 24: The Muslims of Recife and a Doctrinal Dispute EpilogueSources and Works CitedIndex

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.

The narrative demonstrates how enslaved Africans did not simply acquiesce to slavery; rather, they challenged the tyrannical systems exploiting them, and the book is replete with glimpses of this revolutionary zeal. Additionally, the work challenges lazy categorisations that seek to present a binary relationship between Islam and Blackness, highlighting how Black African communities sought to preserve their religious tradition, even through the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade.

• AcknowledgmentsPreface Part IChapter 1: Rufino's Africa Chapter 2: Enslaved in BahiaChapter 3: Enslaved in Porto AlegreChapter 4: Farroupilha and FreedomChapter 5: Freedman in Rio de JaneiroChapter 6: Rio de Janeiro, A City in Fear Part IIChapter 7: Rufino Joins the Slave TradeChapter 8: Luanda, Slave-trading Capital of AngolaChapter 9: Readying the ErmelindaChapter 10: Rufino's EmployersChapter 11: Passengers, Shippers, and CargoChapter 12: The Ermelinda Goes to SeaChapter 13: The Equipment ActChapter 14: Sierra LeoneChapter 15: Among Akus and African MuslimsChapter 16: The trial of the ErmelindaChapter 17: Dirty TricksChapter 18: Back to Sea Part IIIChapter 19: Counting the CostsChapter 20: Rufino's RecifeChapter 21: A Man of Faith and SorceryChapter 22: Tense Times in Rufino's RecifeChapter 23: A Free ManChapter 24: The Muslims of Recife and a Doctrinal Dispute EpilogueSources and Works CitedIndex

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.

The narrative demonstrates how enslaved Africans did not simply acquiesce to slavery; rather, they challenged the tyrannical systems exploiting them, and the book is replete with glimpses of this revolutionary zeal. Additionally, the work challenges lazy categorisations that seek to present a binary relationship between Islam and Blackness, highlighting how Black African communities sought to preserve their religious tradition, even through the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade.

• AcknowledgmentsPreface Part IChapter 1: Rufino's Africa Chapter 2: Enslaved in BahiaChapter 3: Enslaved in Porto AlegreChapter 4: Farroupilha and FreedomChapter 5: Freedman in Rio de JaneiroChapter 6: Rio de Janeiro, A City in Fear Part IIChapter 7: Rufino Joins the Slave TradeChapter 8: Luanda, Slave-trading Capital of AngolaChapter 9: Readying the ErmelindaChapter 10: Rufino's EmployersChapter 11: Passengers, Shippers, and CargoChapter 12: The Ermelinda Goes to SeaChapter 13: The Equipment ActChapter 14: Sierra LeoneChapter 15: Among Akus and African MuslimsChapter 16: The trial of the ErmelindaChapter 17: Dirty TricksChapter 18: Back to Sea Part IIIChapter 19: Counting the CostsChapter 20: Rufino's RecifeChapter 21: A Man of Faith and SorceryChapter 22: Tense Times in Rufino's RecifeChapter 23: A Free ManChapter 24: The Muslims of Recife and a Doctrinal Dispute EpilogueSources and Works CitedIndex