Books by João José Reis
“This book is about a rebellion that happened in 1835 which was the largest urban slave rebellion in the Americas. It gathered together mainly African-born men who were formerly enslaved or enslaved and had common ethnic origins. They came mostly from the region that is called the Bight of Benin, which is present day Republic of Benin, Togo and Nigeria. They were people who were captured in that area and brought to Brazil. Many of them were Muslims and Yoruba speakers—they had already converted to Islam—and this brought them together. Religion and ethnic origins often played an important role in bringing people together in rebellions to resist against slavery.” Read more...
The best books on The History of Brazil and Slavery
Ana Lucia Araujo, Historian
Interviews where books by João José Reis were recommended
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The Last Abolition: The Brazilian Antislavery Movement, 1868–1888
by Angela Alonso -
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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
by João José Reis -
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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.
