Slave Rebellion in Brazil
Muslim Uprising of 1835 in Bahia
Joao Jose Reis(Author)
Johns Hopkins University Press
Published on 1. June 1993
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-8018-4462-1 (ISBN)
Description
On the night of January 24, 1835, hundreds of African Muslim slaves poured into the streets of Salvador, capital of the Brazilian province of Bahia, to confront soldiers and armed civilians. Nearly 70 slaves were killed. More than 500 were sentenced to death, prison, whipping or deportation. Although the rebel slaves failed to win their freedom, the repercussions of their actions were felt throughout the nation, making this the most important urban slave rebellion in the Americas, and the only one in which Islam played a major role. In this history of the 1835 uprising, Joao Jose Reis draws on hundreds of police and trial records in which Africans, despite obvious intimidation, spoke out about their cultural, social, economic, religious and domestic lives in Salvador. Now available in this revised and expanded English edition, "Slave Rebellion in Brazil" is a portrait of the conditions of urban slabery and an absorbing account of conspiracy, uprising and punishment.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
21 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
600 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8018-4462-1 (9780801844621)
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10/1995
Johns Hopkins University Press
€38.50
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