SLAVE MOTHERS AND FREED CHILDREN - EMANCIPATION AND FEMALE SPACE IN DEBATES IN THE FREE WOMB LAW, RIO-DE-JANEIRO, 1871

Authors
ABREU M
Citation
M. Abreu, SLAVE MOTHERS AND FREED CHILDREN - EMANCIPATION AND FEMALE SPACE IN DEBATES IN THE FREE WOMB LAW, RIO-DE-JANEIRO, 1871, Journal of Latin American studies, 28, 1996, pp. 567-580
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Area Studies","Art & Humanities General
Journal title
Journal of Latin American studies → ACNP
ISSN journal
0022216X
Volume
28
Year of publication
1996
Part
3
Pages
567 - 580
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-216X(1996)28:<567:SMAFC->2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Through an analysis of the debates in 1871 on the Law of the 'Free Wom b' in the Brazilian Empire, this article tries to understand the role of the slave mother and her freed children in the process of abolition . In addition, it discusses the possible obstacles and dangers the 'Fr ee Womb' would present for the perpetuation of slaveowners' dominance.