Slavery and the Demographic and Economic History of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1720-1888

by Laird W. Bergad

Book Overview

This 2000 book examines the demographic and economic history of slavery in Minas Gerais, the single largest slave-holding region in Brazil, from its settlement in the early eighteenth century until the abolition of Brazilian slavery in 1888. It utilizes the largest database ever assembled on a slave population in the Americas to reconstruct and analyse the unique history of slave labour in Minas Gerais. This slave population was remarkable in its...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521652669
• ISBN13: 9780521652667
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"