Joao Jose Reis teaches at the Federal University of Bahia and has been a visiting professor at the University of Michigan. Arthur Brakel is a freelance writer and translator.

In the course of explaining the causes and context of the uprising, Reis provides a fascinating social history of urban life and the African community in a city that was (and is) one of the most important centers of African culture in the Americas. -- Barbara Weinstein American Historical Review [A] fine English translation... It is 'local history' at its best-superior scholarship enriched by Joao Jose Reis's familiarity with the Brazilian documentation... The arguments advanced concerning the construction of ethnicity and how it shaped the rebel conspiracy make this book a significant contribution to Brazilian history and to the literature on African culture as it evolved in the diaspora of slavery in the Americas. -- Catherine Lugar History Slave Rebellion in Brazil is, in sum, a superb example of the very best recent Brazilian scholarship on slavery. Uniting careful research with a sophisticated treatment of issues related to race, ethnicity, religion, class, and collective action, it deserves attention not only among scholars interested in New World slavery, but also from an even wider audience. -- B. J. Barickman The Americas First-rate history. Book Notes

• List of IllustrationsPreface to the English-Language EditionPreface to the Brazilian EditionPart I: Bahian Society, Economy, and Rebellion during the Time of the MuslimsChapter 1. Hard TimesChapter 2. Revolts of the Free PeopleChapter 3. The Rebellious Tradition: Slave Revolts Prior to 1835Part II: The Muslims and the Rebellion of 1835Chapter 4. The Battle For BahiaChapter 5. The Sons of Allah In BahiaChapter 6. A Bahian Caliphate? The Malês and Their RebellionChapter 7. Malê ProfilesPart III: The African Community in RevoltChapter 8. Roots: Ethnic Motivation in 1835Chapter 9. Workers, Slaves and Freed: Occupational Profile of the AccusedChapter 10. Making Do: Africans Away From Work Part IV: The Anti-African BacklashChapter 11. The Repression After the UprisingChapter 12. The PunishmentEpilogueNotesWorks CitedIndex

Joao Jose Reis teaches at the Federal University of Bahia and has been a visiting professor at the University of Michigan. Arthur Brakel is a freelance writer and translator.

In the course of explaining the causes and context of the uprising, Reis provides a fascinating social history of urban life and the African community in a city that was (and is) one of the most important centers of African culture in the Americas. -- Barbara Weinstein American Historical Review [A] fine English translation... It is 'local history' at its best-superior scholarship enriched by Joao Jose Reis's familiarity with the Brazilian documentation... The arguments advanced concerning the construction of ethnicity and how it shaped the rebel conspiracy make this book a significant contribution to Brazilian history and to the literature on African culture as it evolved in the diaspora of slavery in the Americas. -- Catherine Lugar History Slave Rebellion in Brazil is, in sum, a superb example of the very best recent Brazilian scholarship on slavery. Uniting careful research with a sophisticated treatment of issues related to race, ethnicity, religion, class, and collective action, it deserves attention not only among scholars interested in New World slavery, but also from an even wider audience. -- B. J. Barickman The Americas First-rate history. Book Notes

• List of IllustrationsPreface to the English-Language EditionPreface to the Brazilian EditionPart I: Bahian Society, Economy, and Rebellion during the Time of the MuslimsChapter 1. Hard TimesChapter 2. Revolts of the Free PeopleChapter 3. The Rebellious Tradition: Slave Revolts Prior to 1835Part II: The Muslims and the Rebellion of 1835Chapter 4. The Battle For BahiaChapter 5. The Sons of Allah In BahiaChapter 6. A Bahian Caliphate? The Malês and Their RebellionChapter 7. Malê ProfilesPart III: The African Community in RevoltChapter 8. Roots: Ethnic Motivation in 1835Chapter 9. Workers, Slaves and Freed: Occupational Profile of the AccusedChapter 10. Making Do: Africans Away From Work Part IV: The Anti-African BacklashChapter 11. The Repression After the UprisingChapter 12. The PunishmentEpilogueNotesWorks CitedIndex

Joao Jose Reis teaches at the Federal University of Bahia and has been a visiting professor at the University of Michigan. Arthur Brakel is a freelance writer and translator.

In the course of explaining the causes and context of the uprising, Reis provides a fascinating social history of urban life and the African community in a city that was (and is) one of the most important centers of African culture in the Americas. -- Barbara Weinstein American Historical Review [A] fine English translation... It is 'local history' at its best-superior scholarship enriched by Joao Jose Reis's familiarity with the Brazilian documentation... The arguments advanced concerning the construction of ethnicity and how it shaped the rebel conspiracy make this book a significant contribution to Brazilian history and to the literature on African culture as it evolved in the diaspora of slavery in the Americas. -- Catherine Lugar History Slave Rebellion in Brazil is, in sum, a superb example of the very best recent Brazilian scholarship on slavery. Uniting careful research with a sophisticated treatment of issues related to race, ethnicity, religion, class, and collective action, it deserves attention not only among scholars interested in New World slavery, but also from an even wider audience. -- B. J. Barickman The Americas First-rate history. Book Notes

• List of IllustrationsPreface to the English-Language EditionPreface to the Brazilian EditionPart I: Bahian Society, Economy, and Rebellion during the Time of the MuslimsChapter 1. Hard TimesChapter 2. Revolts of the Free PeopleChapter 3. The Rebellious Tradition: Slave Revolts Prior to 1835Part II: The Muslims and the Rebellion of 1835Chapter 4. The Battle For BahiaChapter 5. The Sons of Allah In BahiaChapter 6. A Bahian Caliphate? The Malês and Their RebellionChapter 7. Malê ProfilesPart III: The African Community in RevoltChapter 8. Roots: Ethnic Motivation in 1835Chapter 9. Workers, Slaves and Freed: Occupational Profile of the AccusedChapter 10. Making Do: Africans Away From Work Part IV: The Anti-African BacklashChapter 11. The Repression After the UprisingChapter 12. The PunishmentEpilogueNotesWorks CitedIndex