Slave Rebellion in Brazil

The Muslim Uprising of 1835 in Bahia

AvJoão José Reis

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

Del i serien Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture

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Beskrivning

The Muslim slave uprising in Bahia in 1835, though unsuccessful in winning freedom for the rebels, had national repercussions, making it the most important urban slave rebellion in the Americas and the only one in which Islam played a major role. Joao Jose Reis draws on hundreds of police and trial records in which Africans, despite obvious intimidation, spoke out about their cultural, social, economic, religious, and domestic lives in Salvador.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1995-10-27
Mått:152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt:431 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9780801852503
Översättare:Brakel, Arthur

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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.

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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

Innehållsförteckning

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