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Enslaved Names and Identities in the Meia-Sizas of Central Brazil, 1810-1822 |
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doi:10.7910/DVN/ECV6AR |
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Harvard Dataverse |
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Date of Distribution: |
2023-09-21 |
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Karasch, Mary C., 2023, "Enslaved Names and Identities in the Meia-Sizas of Central Brazil, 1810-1822", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ECV6AR, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:ifoB6uECvxcU90PaxFFW6A== [fileUNF] |
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Enslaved Names and Identities in the Meia-Sizas of Central Brazil, 1810-1822 |
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Identification Number: |
doi:10.7910/DVN/ECV6AR |
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Authoring Entity: |
Karasch, Mary C. (Oakland University) |
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Distributor: |
Harvard Dataverse |
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Access Authority: |
Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation |
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Depositor: |
Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation |
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Date of Deposit: |
2023-09-08 |
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Holdings Information: |
https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ECV6AR |
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Arts and Humanities, Slavery, Brazil |
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The meia-siza (sisa) was the 5% tax paid when an enslaved person was bought and sold in the nineteenth century. Many documents on the enslaved of Brazil were burned in 1888 at the time of the abolition of slavery. When I first went to Rio de Janeiro in 1968, I was told repeatedly that I could not write a history of enslaved Africans in the city of Rio because all the documents on slavery had been burned in 1888. As I eventually learned, not all had been destroyed, including meia-sizas that had escaped official attention. The data on 1,610 persons registered in the meia-sizas from Central Brazil include the name of the person, which usually indicates gender; identity by nation or color; age in some cases; the price sold in oitavas (ounces) of gold or in the Brazilian currency the mil-réis; and the tax paid in gold or mil-réis or silver. In the case of letters of liberty, it was also noted who paid for the freedom of the individual and the amount of the tax. The locations include Araxá, Arraias, Bomfim, Cavalcante, Conceição, Crixás, Dezemboque, Flores, Meia-Ponte, Natividade, Pilar, Cavalcante, Julgado do Carmo, Porto Real, Santa Cruz, Julgado de São Félix,Santa Luzia, São João da Palma, and Traíras. They cover the period from 1810 to 1822. |
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1810-1824 |
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Date of Collection: |
1987-1987 |
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Kind of Data: |
tax records |
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No. 167, Siza dos Escravos ladinos: Araxá, 1814 to 1819 [total of 51]; and Arraias, 1810-1821 [total of 141]. No. 168, Meia Siza dos Escravos ladinos: Bomfim, 1813-1822 [total of 76]; and Cavalcante, 1817-1822 [total of 90]. No. 169: Siza dos Escravos ladinos: Conceição, 1810-1822 [total of 61]; and Crixás, 1810-1821 [total of 62]. No. 170, Siza dos Escravos ladinos: Dezemboque, 1811-1820 [total of 26]; and Flores, 1813-1822 [total of 90] [title on binding, but it also includes 1823 and 1824 for Flores]. No. 171, Sizas dos Escravos ladinos: Meia-Ponte, 1810-1822 [ total of 210]. No. 172, [ title?], Natividade, 1810-1822 [total of 113]; Pilar, 1810-1822 [total of 117]; and Cavalcante, 1810-1816 [total of 90]. No. 173, Siza dos Escravos Ladinos, Julgado do Carmo, Porto Real, 1813-1822 [total of 37]; and Santa Cruz, 1811–1822 [total of 30]. No. 174, [title?], Julgado de São Félix, 1810-1818 [total of 19]; Santa Luzia, 1810-1822 [total of 109]; and São João da Palma, 1815-1816 [total of 21]. No. 175, [title?], Traíras, 1810-1822 [total of 357]. |
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Museu das Bandeiras, Goiás, Brazil |
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Karasch, Mary C. Before Brasília: Frontier Life in Central Brazil. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2016. |
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Bibliographic Citation: |
Karasch, Mary C. Before Brasília: Frontier Life in Central Brazil. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2016. |
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Karasch, Mary C. “Central Africans in Central Brazil, 1780-1835.” In Central Africans and Cultural Transformations in the American Diaspora, edited by Linda M. Heywood:163-186 . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. |
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Karasch, Mary C. “Central Africans in Central Brazil, 1780-1835.” In Central Africans and Cultural Transformations in the American Diaspora, edited by Linda M. Heywood:163-186 . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. |
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Karasch, Mary C. “Guiné, Mina, Angola, and Benguela: African and Crioulo Nations in Central Brazil, 1780-1835.” In Enslaving Connections: Changing Cultures of Africa and Brazil during the Era of Slavery, edited by José C. Curto and Paul E. Lovejoy. Amherst, NY: Humanity Books, 2004. |
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Bibliographic Citation: |
Karasch, Mary C. “Guiné, Mina, Angola, and Benguela: African and Crioulo Nations in Central Brazil, 1780-1835.” In Enslaving Connections: Changing Cultures of Africa and Brazil during the Era of Slavery, edited by José C. Curto and Paul E. Lovejoy. Amherst, NY: Humanity Books, 2004. |
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This data has been described in the following data article: Karasch, Mary C. "Enslaved Names and Identities in the Meia-Sizas of Central Brazil, 1810-1822." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 4, no. 4 (2023): 11-17. |
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Bibliographic Citation: |
This data has been described in the following data article: Karasch, Mary C. "Enslaved Names and Identities in the Meia-Sizas of Central Brazil, 1810-1822." Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation 4, no. 4 (2023): 11-17. |
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Text: |
Meia-Sizas of Central Brazil documentation |
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