{"product_id":"children-of-gods-fire-a-documentary-history-of-black-slavery-in-brazil-paperback","title":"Children of God's Fire: A Documentary History of Black Slavery in Brazil - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Edgar Conrad\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations xiii\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxvii\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I. \"Men of Stone and of Iron\" The African Slave Trade \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.1. The Beginnings of the Portuguese-African Slave Trade in the Fifteenth Century, as Described by the Chronicler Gomes Eannes de Azurara 5\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.2. The Enslavement Process in the Portuguese Dominions of King Philip III of Spain in the Early Seventeenth Century 11\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.3. A Portuguese Doctor Describes the Suffering of Black Slaves in Africa and on the Atlantic Voyage (1793) 15\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.4. A Young Black Man Tells of His Enslavement in Africa and Shipment to Brazil about the Middle of the Nineteenth Century 23\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.5. An Ex-Slavetrader's Account of the Enslavement Process in Africa and the Illegal Traffic to Brazil (1848-1849) 28\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.6. \"It Was the Same as Pigs in a Sty\" A Young African's Account of Life on a Slave Ship (1849) 37\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.7. A Slave Revolt at Sea and Brutal Reprisals (1845) 39\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.8. A British Physician Describes the State of Africans upon Their Arrival in Brazil (1841-1843) 43\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.9. A British Clergyman's Impressions of the Valongo Slave Market in Rio de Janeiro (1828) 48\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II. \"A Hell for Blacks\" Slavery in Rural Brazil \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.1. An Italian Jesuit Advises Sugar Planters on the Treatment of Their Slaves (1711) 55\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.2. A Royal Decree on the Feeding of Slaves and Their Days Off (1701) 60\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.3. \"I Doubt that the Moors Are So Cruel to Their Slaves\" The Feeding of Slaves in Late Colonial Bahia 61\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.4. The Masters and the Slaves: A Frenchman's Account of Society in Rural Pernambuco Early in the Nineteenth Century 63\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.5. \"The African Man Transformed into the American Beast\" Slavery in Rural Pernambuco in the 1840s 71\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.6. Practical Advice on the Management of Plantation Slaves (1847) 77\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.7. Slave Life on a Plantation in the Province of Rio de Janeiro in the Late Nineteenth Century 79\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.8. A Medical Report on Slaves on Five Coffee Plantations in the Province of Rio de Janeiro (1853) 86\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.9. \"There Are Plantations Where the Slaves Are Numb with Hunger\" A Medical Thesis on Plantation Diseases and Their Causes (1847) 91\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.10. The Annual Work Routine on Plantations in Maranhao in the Mid-Nineteenth Century 96\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.11. A Brazilian Senator Comments on the High Mortality among Rural Slave Children in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century 99\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.12. A Bahian Sugar Planter Registers His Slaves (1872) 100\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III. Slave Life in Cities and at the Mines \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.1. Slave Life in Rio de Janeiro as Seen through Newspaper Advertisements (1821) 111\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.2. A North American Describes Slave Life in Rio de Janeiro (1846) 115\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.3. A Royal Navy Surgeon Discusses the Black Coffee Carriers of Rio de Janeiro (1848) 124\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.4. The Sedan Chair and the Hammock: Urban Transportation in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 126\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.5. Slave Prostitutes in the Brazilian Capital (1871) 129\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.6. Newspaper Advertisements for Black Wet Nurses (1821-1854) 133\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.7. A French Doctor with Twelve Years of Medical Experience in Brazil Advises Mothers on Choosing a Black Wet Nurse (1843) 135\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.8. Was the Black Wet Nurse a Transmitter of Disease? A Medical Debate in Rio de Janeiro (1846) 137\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.9. The Black Wet Nurse: A Status Symbol (1863) 139\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.10. Slave Workers at the Diamond Washings of Tejuco, Minas Gerais, in the Early Nineteenth Century 140\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.11. Black Miners at a British-Owned Gold Mine in the 1860s 143\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.12. \"Common Graves\" How City Slaves Were Buried 147\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart IV. \"From Babylon to Jerusalem\" Slavery and the Catholic Church \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.1. Slavery and Church Doctrine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert E. Conrad is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Destruction of Brazilian Slavery, 1850-88 \u003c\/i\u003e(1972; reissued Krieger, 1993), \u003ci\u003eWorld of Sorrow: The African Slave Trade to Brazil \u003c\/i\u003e(1986), and translator\/editor of\u003ci\u003e Sandino: The Testimony of a Nicaraguan Patriot, 1921-1934 \u003c\/i\u003e(1990).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52611810492723,"sku":"9780271013213","price":80.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/STJFMm1PS1V0Vmdzc2ZTbXVrU1Q4Zz09.webp?v=1761836090","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/children-of-gods-fire-a-documentary-history-of-black-slavery-in-brazil-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}