Dr Jane-Marie Collins is Assistant Professor of Brazilian & Portuguese Studies at the University of Nottingham.

‘The book’s format, with four distinct sections with introductions and conclusions, makes it ex‐ ceptionally suited for an undergraduate syllabus, as an entire section can be assigned as if it were its own distinct, short monograph. Beyond its use in the classroom, scholars of slavery across the Americas will find Emancipatory Narratives re‐ quired reading, as the text speaks to, in sustained and important ways, historiographies far beyond gender and slavery in Brazil.’ Cassia Roth, University of Georgia

• FiguresINTRODUCTIONPART IEmancipatory narratives and enslaved motherhoodIntroduction1. “An act so meritorious and humanitarian”2. “Despite all the benefits given to her by my family”ConclusionPART IIEnslaved children, free/d childrenIntroduction3. “They can bring, with less risk of detection, a greater number”4. “To forever enjoy his freedom”ConclusionPART IIIEnslaved mother, enslaver fatherIntroduction5. “She was mistress of the house”6. “I must declare this house is hers”ConclusionPART IVAfrican mothers, Brazilian daughtersIntroduction7. “Because they are always intertwined”8. “Having raised her as my daughter”ConclusionEPILOGUEAppendixBibliography

Dr Jane-Marie Collins is Assistant Professor of Brazilian & Portuguese Studies at the University of Nottingham.

‘The book’s format, with four distinct sections with introductions and conclusions, makes it ex‐ ceptionally suited for an undergraduate syllabus, as an entire section can be assigned as if it were its own distinct, short monograph. Beyond its use in the classroom, scholars of slavery across the Americas will find Emancipatory Narratives re‐ quired reading, as the text speaks to, in sustained and important ways, historiographies far beyond gender and slavery in Brazil.’ Cassia Roth, University of Georgia

• FiguresINTRODUCTIONPART IEmancipatory narratives and enslaved motherhoodIntroduction1. “An act so meritorious and humanitarian”2. “Despite all the benefits given to her by my family”ConclusionPART IIEnslaved children, free/d childrenIntroduction3. “They can bring, with less risk of detection, a greater number”4. “To forever enjoy his freedom”ConclusionPART IIIEnslaved mother, enslaver fatherIntroduction5. “She was mistress of the house”6. “I must declare this house is hers”ConclusionPART IVAfrican mothers, Brazilian daughtersIntroduction7. “Because they are always intertwined”8. “Having raised her as my daughter”ConclusionEPILOGUEAppendixBibliography

Dr Jane-Marie Collins is Assistant Professor of Brazilian & Portuguese Studies at the University of Nottingham.

‘The book’s format, with four distinct sections with introductions and conclusions, makes it ex‐ ceptionally suited for an undergraduate syllabus, as an entire section can be assigned as if it were its own distinct, short monograph. Beyond its use in the classroom, scholars of slavery across the Americas will find Emancipatory Narratives re‐ quired reading, as the text speaks to, in sustained and important ways, historiographies far beyond gender and slavery in Brazil.’ Cassia Roth, University of Georgia

• FiguresINTRODUCTIONPART IEmancipatory narratives and enslaved motherhoodIntroduction1. “An act so meritorious and humanitarian”2. “Despite all the benefits given to her by my family”ConclusionPART IIEnslaved children, free/d childrenIntroduction3. “They can bring, with less risk of detection, a greater number”4. “To forever enjoy his freedom”ConclusionPART IIIEnslaved mother, enslaver fatherIntroduction5. “She was mistress of the house”6. “I must declare this house is hers”ConclusionPART IVAfrican mothers, Brazilian daughtersIntroduction7. “Because they are always intertwined”8. “Having raised her as my daughter”ConclusionEPILOGUEAppendixBibliography