Books by Gayl Jones
“Palmares was the largest runaway slave community in the Americas and it existed for almost 100 years. At some point, there were perhaps 10,000 members of this community. The Dutch fought against them when they occupied Brazil, and eventually the Portuguese defeated them. One of the last leaders of this community was Zumbi. In Brazil he has become, like Chica da Silva, a historical hero. Today the date of his death, November 30th, 1695, is commemorated. It’s now a national holiday in Brazil. It had been a holiday in different cities but this past year, for the first time, it was observed nationally. Again, Zumbi and Palmares are symbols of resistance.” Read more...
The best books on The History of Brazil and Slavery
Ana Lucia Araujo, Historian
Interviews where books by Gayl Jones 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
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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.
