Books by Angela Alonso
“It covers the years 1868 to 1888 which is the moment when the abolitionist movement started in Brazil, and goes up to when slavery was finally abolished. The book shows how this movement in Brazil emerged very late: she compares this timeline with Britain or even with the United States when it starts in the late 18th century. In Brazil, as an organized movement, it only starts by the middle of the 19th century.” Read more...
The best books on The History of Brazil and Slavery
Ana Lucia Araujo, Historian
Interviews where books by Angela Alonso were recommended
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The Last Abolition: The Brazilian Antislavery Movement, 1868–1888
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Chica da Silva: A Brazilian Slave of the Eighteenth Century
by Júnia Ferreira Furtado -
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Slave Rebellion in Brazil: The Muslim Uprising of 1835 in Bahia
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The Trade in the Living: The Formation of Brazil in the South Atlantic, Sixteenth to Seventeenth Centuries
by Luiz Felipe de Alencastro -
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Emancipatory Narratives & Enslaved Motherhood: Bahia, Brazil, 1830-1888
by Jane-Marie Collins
The best books on The History of Brazil and Slavery, recommended by Ana Lucia Araujo
The best books on The History of Brazil and Slavery, recommended by Ana Lucia Araujo
The history of Brazil is closely connected with the history of the slave trade, with nearly half the 12.5 million enslaved Africans transported to the Americas ending up there. Ana Lucia Araujo, a historian at Howard University and author of Humans in Shackles, talks us through the books that shed light on that history and how Brazil’s past cannot be understood without also studying its connections with Africa.
